Burnsville Leads Dakota County in COVID Cases

The Dakota County Public Health Department reported today 5 more deaths from COVID-19 with 42 more positive tests. That brings the total number of positives in the county to 1,847. The median age of those individuals is 40. The total deaths reported are now 81 with the median age among those people 83.

Burnsville leads the county with 444 total cases. Eagan has 251, West St. Paul 250, Inver Grove Heights 226, Apple Valley 202. The remaining cities in Dakota County rank like this:

Lakeville 134
South St. Paul 124
Rosemount 63
Farmington 44
Hastings 31
Lilydale/Mendota/Mendota Heights 30
Rural Cities and Townships 19

The incidence rate per 10,000 people:

West St. Paul 118.7
Burnsville 70.9
Inver Grove Heights 63
South St. Paul 59.4
Apple Valley 37.8
Eagan 36.7
Rosemount 25.9
Lilydale/ Mendota/Mendota Heights 23.9
Lakeville 20.8
Farmington 19.2
Hastings 13.4
Rural Area 9.8%

Likely exposure tracked by Dakota County is:

Private Residences 74%, Unknown 14%, Long Term Care/Assisted Living 10%, Group Home//Residential Behavioral Care 2%.

Some other Dakota County COVID-19 exposure statistics include:

Community Known Contact 26.26%, Congregate Living 21.2%, Unknown/Missing 15.15%, Health Care 8.08% and Travel 3.03%.

The Dakota County positive rate is 8.7 percent. That's the number of people testing positive out of all the people tested.

Total hospitalizations of county residents due to COVID-19 is 229.

The 81 total deaths are fourth highest in the state behind Hennepin County with 740, Ramsey County with 207, and Anoka County with 96. Below is a listing of Minnesota Counties with 10 deaths or more.