Coronavirus: How Mendota Heights Area Case Rate Compares

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN — A total of 1,441 people have been hospitalized for the coronavirus in Dakota County since the pandemic began. A total of 241 have died.

Dakota County does not list deaths by city. However, there is information on cases per town. In Lilydale, Mendota, and Mendota Heights there have been 666 confirmed cases. That's 530.9 cases per 10,000 residents.

That's low when it comes to case rates across the county:

Apple Valley

• Cases since March: 3,392
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 634.9

Burnsville

• Cases since March: 4,467
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 712.9

Eagan

• Cases since March: 3,971
• Case Rate Per 10,000 Residents: 581

Farmington

• Cases since March: 1,383
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 604.5

Hastings

• Cases since March: 1,503
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 649.6

Inver Grove Heights & Sunfish Lake

• Cases since March: 2,431
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 677.2

Lakeville

• Cases since March: 4,452
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 692

Lilydale, Mendota & Mendota Heights

• Cases since March: 666
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 530.9

Rosemount

• Cases since March: 1,464
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 601.4

Rural Cities & Townships

• Cases since March: 947
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 489.3

South St. Paul

• Cases since March: 1,404
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 672.5

West St. Paul

• Cases since March: 1,573
• Case rate per 10,000 residents: 747.2

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