Minnesota reported 4 new COVID-19 related deaths along with 980 new coronavirus cases today. None of the deaths included people from the Lakeland viewing area.

The new cases came from 15,980 tests for a case positivity rate of 6.1%.

In the Lakeland viewing area, the state reported 65 new cases in the following counties:

• Aitkin – 7
• Beltrami – 1
• Cass – 6
• Crow Wing – 17
• Hubbard – 4
• Itasca – 5
• Koochiching – 1
• Lake of the Woods – 6
• Mahnomen – 1
• Mille Lacs – 1
• Morrison – 7
• Polk – 1
• Todd – 7
• Wadena – 1

By — Betsy Melin