ST, PAUL, Minn. –Two southeast Minnesota counties have been spared any COVID deaths eight months into the pandemic. A comparison from state Health Departmnt data:
Dodge County (Mantorville county seat): Zero deaths (population 2,700)
Fillmore County (Preston county seat): Zero deaths (population 21,000)
Houston County (Caledonia county seat): 4 deaths (population 18,500)
Olmsted County (Rochester county seat): 34 deaths (population 158,300)
Winona County (Winona county seat): 30 deaths (population 50,400)