Infections creep up; vaccines arrive at nursing homes (1/6/2021)
Vaccinations are continuing for medical workers across Winona County, and some of the first nursing home residents received vaccinations last week. Meanwhile, local COVID infections seem to be rebounding slightly after falling dramatically last month.
After falling to a low of 74 on December 29, the seven-day total of new COVID cases in Winona County crept back up 127 as of Tuesday, roughly on par with mid-December figures. The closure of testing sites on holidays threw off COVID infection data somewhat, and it’s still too early to tell whether Christmas or New Year’s gatherings will fuel a new surge, Winona County Public Health Supervisor Melanie Tatge said. “We may level out again. We don’t know. It all depends on that surge from the holidays,” she said, adding, “We won’t see that from the holidays until later this week, and from New Year’s, we won’t see that until ne