COVID positivity rate reaches all-time high in Beltrami County

BEMIDJI — New positive case counts for the coronavirus have passed 500 in the last two weeks according to local health officials.

The week of Jan. 13 Beltrami county recorded 558 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 14 days, but Megan Heuer, the county’s Public Health director, says the number of cases in the community is likely even higher.

“We know that our local positivity rate is significantly higher than it has been in the past several months,” Heuer said. “We also know that many people are using at-home tests, which do not get reported in our state numbers.”

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