Special Report
There have been 84,292,700 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.
In the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, a total of 969,867 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,262 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 25,764 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Minneapolis metro area comprises 16 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Sherburne County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 28,150 confirmed infections in Sherburne County, or 30,194 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Sherburne County than they are across all of the Minneapolis area, however. There have been a total of 195 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Sherburne County, compared to 213 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 12, 2022.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherburne County, MN | 30,194 | 28,150 | 195 | 182 |
| 2 | St. Croix County, WI | 29,958 | 26,338 | 172 | 151 |
| 3 | Anoka County, MN | 29,715 | 103,240 | 231 | 804 |
| 4 | Scott County, MN | 29,526 | 42,332 | 183 | 262 |
| 5 | Pierce County, WI | 29,161 | 12,132 | 175 | 73 |
| 6 | Mille Lacs County, MN | 29,155 | 7,501 | 447 | 115 |
| 7 | Wright County, MN | 28,519 | 37,858 | 231 | 306 |
| 8 | Washington County, MN | 28,172 | 71,365 | 193 | 489 |
| 9 | Carver County, MN | 28,094 | 28,211 | 119 | 119 |
| 10 | Dakota County, MN | 28,057 | 117,333 | 188 | 787 |
| 11 | Chisago County, MN | 27,727 | 15,174 | 219 | 120 |
| 12 | Isanti County, MN | 26,887 | 10,479 | 303 | 118 |
| 13 | Hennepin County, MN | 26,344 | 325,469 | 212 | 2,618 |
| 14 | Ramsey County, MN | 24,727 | 133,897 | 252 | 1,363 |
| 15 | Sibley County, MN | 24,698 | 3,683 | 168 | 25 |
| 16 | Le Sueur County, MN | 23,961 | 6,705 | 182 | 51 |
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