8 more Northland residents dead from COVID-19 as of Wednesday – Duluth News Tribune

The Northland logged eight more deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday and five of those people were from St. Louis County.

One of them was a resident of a long-term care or assisted living facility while the other four lived in private residences, according to the county's COVID-19 dashboard. They ranged between ages 60 and 100-plus.

Lake and Carlton counties each logged one new death their seventh and 17th, respectively. The Lake County resident was in their early 90s and the Carlton County resident was in their early 80s, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Douglas County logged its sixth death from COVID-19. It was one of a few deaths in the county that occurred in November that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services only recently started reporting. Kathy Ronchi, the public health officer for Douglas County, previously told the News Tribune that's due to a lag in the death certification process.

Minnesota reported a total of 77 deaths and 5,122 new cases Wednesday. Wisconsin reported 82 deaths and 3,777 new cases.

For the seventh day in a row, none of the 10 counties in the Northland logged a record-breaking number of new cases Wednesday.

St. Louis County reported that 199 more people have tested positive for the virus. That puts the county's seven-day average of new cases at 236 new cases a day.

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8 more Northland residents dead from COVID-19 as of Wednesday - Duluth News Tribune