73 more people with COVID-19 in St. Louis County — a single-day record - Duluth News Tribune

Louis County recorded its all-time high of new COVID-19 diagnoses on Friday with 73 people who have recently tested positive.

Previously, the most cases the county recorded in a single day was 50, on Friday, Sept.

Eighteen of the 73 newly diagnosed residents live in long-term care facilities around the county, while 19 are young adults between 18 and 24 years old.

Louis County has recorded in September, 14%, or 88 of them, have been linked to the University of Minnesota Duluth, according to the county.

Lake Superior College in Duluth has recorded eight more students with COVID-19 between Thursday, Sept.

In the same weeklong time span, Hibbing Community College has recorded two students who have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Louis County residents who have now tested positive since the pandemic began, the county estimates 356 of them are currently requiring isolation.

Of the 73 new cases reported Friday, 53 are attributed to people who live in the Duluth area.

Also in Northeastern Minnesota, Itasca County recorded nine more people with COVID-19.

Douglas County recorded 12 more people with COVID-19 on Friday and Bayfield County recorded three more people.

Wisconsin reported 2,504 more people with COVID-19 on Friday and the completion of 15,079 diagnostic tests.