According to Faribault Martin County Health and Human Services, there have been 7,342 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Faribault and Martin Counties since the beginning of the pandemic.
For the week of January 2nd through January 8th, there were a total of 81 confirmed cases in Faribault County, up from 59 the previous week.
In Martin County, there were a total of 89 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the same period, down from 110 the previous week.
Faribault County had 5 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in January, Martin County had 3.