Month: April 2020

On Wednesday, Crookston High School seniors picked up their caps & gowns for graduation in drive-thru fashion at Crookston High School.  With no school until at least May, students said they still hope they’ll get to have graduation.

Senior Gretchen Theis said it was surreal not being able to go to school and to be picking up her cap & gown for a graduation ceremony she still hopes will happen.  “It’s a little surreal,” said Theis.  “I have begun to start actually missing school, and I didn’t think that would hit me as fast as it did.  And the fact that we just picked up caps & gowns, I’m hoping graduation is still going to happen on May 22.”

Theis also said that online school was weird.  “Online school is weird,” said Theis. “I’m okay with it, but time management is a little harder.”

Senior Brady Butt said it’d been a new experience, but one everyone going through.  “It’s a new experience,” said Butt.  “If anything, we’re sort of a catalyst because we’re laying the plans if this ever does happen again, I guess.  Everyone is going through something right now, so it is what it is.”

Butt added it’s been good to spend more time with his family.  “Brooks, my brother, and I haven’t killed each other quite yet,” said Butt.  “But it’s been interesting hanging out (online) with everybody all the time.  You get to see your family a little more, which I’d say is a good thing.”

Senior Caden Osborn said it’s that even though this was expected, it’s a little hard to accept. “I can speak for a good majority of our seniors,” said Osborn.  “This is something that we all sort of expected to happen.  But now that it’s actually happening, it’s very surreal.  It’s kind of hard to take in.”

Osborn said the hardest thing right now is not seeing people daily.  “I’m dealing with everything pretty well,” said Osborn.  “Classes are fairly easy. They’re not insanely difficult.  Not being able to see people on a daily basis is very difficult, not being able to see my friends and only see them on my phone and talk to them over, you know.  It’s kind of difficult, but we’re making do.”

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The Minnesota Department of Health has released the latest COVID-19 numbers and there have been 39 deaths. All the numbers are below –

Updated April 8, 2020
Updated daily at 11 a.m., with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day.

Dates provided are those when the case, hospitalization, or death was first posted in this situation report.

Testing

Total approximate number of completed tests: 30,753

• Total approximate number of completed tests from the MDH Public Health Lab: 9,012
• Total approximate number of completed tests from external laboratories: 21,741

Minnesota Case Information

• Total positive: 1,154
  • Patients who no longer need to be isolated: 632

• Total deaths: 39

Hospitalization

• Total cases requiring hospitalization: 271
  • Hospitalized as of today: 135
    • Hospitalized in ICU as of today: 64

Demographics

Age

Gender

• 51% female, 49% male, 0% other

Race & Ethnicity

Cases can have more than one race.

Likely Exposure

Cases by County of Residence

County of residence is confirmed during the case interview. At the time of this posting not all interviews have been completed. The data on this map may not equal the total number of reported positive cases.

We will not release specific locations for any patients being tested in order to protect patient privacy.

Choosing a county on the interactive map above will provide the case count, the legend is located in the upper left. This map will not work if your browser is in compatibility mode.

Residence Type

Congregate Care Facilities with Outbreaks, by County

Outbreak is defined as 1 or more resident(s) or staff with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19.

Facilities with a total resident capacity of less than 10 beds will not be listed.

• Minnesota COVID-19 Public Dashboard

• Minnesota’s COVID-19 Response and Preparation Capacity

• CDC: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cases in the U.S.

The Red Lake River in Crookston has continued to rise reached 23 feet around 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday (April 7). 23 feet.   The river hit 23.23 feet at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday and as of 9:00 a.m., it had dropped to 23.20 feet.  The level of 23 feet triggers additional duties for the City of Crookston, including levee walkers to inspect the levee for potential issues. In anticipation of the river level reaching and exceeding 23 feet, volunteers were gathered and, conducted the levee walk prior to the sun setting last night to easily view any potential issues. Levee walks will continue today, with the morning walks having been completed already and evening walks being organized.
Staff will continue to monitor the river levels throughout the event to ensure the safety of the community. If you need to contact the EOC please call 281-4363. In case of an emergency please dial 911.

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