UPDATE - Covid-19 Case is in Clay County, not Wadena County
03/19/2020, 12:00pm CDT
By Erin Cox
Error due to an incorrect address.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota rose to 89 on Thursday, up 12 from the day before. The new case that was reported to be in Wadena County is actually in Clay County, as confirmed by the Wadena County Sheriff's Office. The mistake was due to an old address. The MN Department of Health has updated their site.
As of 3/19/2020 at 6:12 PM the Minnesota Department of Health site reads as follows:
Approximate number of patients tested at the MDH Public Health Lab: 3038
Positive: 89
Counties with cases: Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Clay, Dakota, Hennepin, Martin, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Ramsey, Renville, Rice, Scott, Stearns, Waseca, Washington, Wright
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