B-B-E zip codes post a 32

The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa zip code areas of rural and town-dwelling residents saw a new COVID-19 case number of 32 added to the database in the latest reporting period. This was released today in the Minnesota Department of Health September 2 COVID-19 zip code report. For the second straight week, the big number in the group was posted by the Belgrade zip code, which includes over 60 percent of the total population of men, women and children in this local area (about 4,300 people). The new number posted by 56312 was 26, bringing the cumulative total of new COVID-19 cases to 366 going back to January 2020.

A small increase was shown by the Brooten zip code of 56316, as six new cases were reported for this area. This is up from four in the August 26 report and lower than the 7 that was posted in the August 19 report. 

As has been a trend for many, many months now, the Elrosa zip code area of 56325 posted a zero. Their cumulative number of COVID-19 cases since January 2020 remains at 18 in a population of about 230 people.

Other numbers are being reviewed, and this blog post will be updated this afternoon. The same information has been posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website in a new web article. You can view that by clicking on this short link = https://bit.ly/3DJ9aco. The web article includes a five-minute long video that outlines information on a dramatic and troubling increase in childhood obesity in the United States over the past year and a half.