WINONA, Minn. – Mayor Mark Peterson said the city hasn’t experienced the horrific surge of post-Thanksgiving COVID cases seen in most of the nation. Local cases have dropped in recent days, Peterson said in an interview on radio station KWNO. How so? An explanation could be that Winonans followed public-health advisories against holiday travel and social gatherings. Even so, the mayor said, the new cases were more than he would liked. For December holidays he said, please continue to follow good common-sense guidelines. “Don’t gather if you can help it,” Peterson said. In lieu of family get-togethers, connect over Zoom and other video platforms, he said.
Coursing the right direction
New cases numbered as high as 84 in days immediately after Thanksgiving — before holiday infections would have manifested themselves. In recent days the new vases have ranged from 15 to 44.
November 27: 84 new cases, 1 death
November 28: 72 new cases
November 29: 31 new cases
November 30: 79 new cases
December 1: 27 new cases, 1 death
December 2: 39 new cases
December 3: 32 new cases
Decwnber 4: 27 new cases
December 5: 41 new cases
December 6: 46 new cases, 1 death
December 7: 31 new cases
December 8: 22 new cases
December 9: 44 new cases, 1 death
December 10: 28 new cases, 2 deaths
December 11: 28 new cases, 1 death
December 12: 22 new cases
December 13: 28 new cases, 1 death
December 14: 25 new cases
December 15: 15 new cases