The reported positive COVID-19 test figures on Thursday, December 31, 2020, for communities across the Bonanza Valley area continue to show decline, a trend that began at the beginning of December. Numerous area communities saw just one new case reported in the seven-day period.

In the zip code area of Brooten (56316), just one new COVID-19 case was reported for the prior week. The figure reported for Belgrade (56312) was five. In Elrosa (56325), for the second week in a row, zero new cases were reported.

For the zip code area of Glenwood (56334), which has a population of over 5,600 people, the new cases reported totaled just five for the second week in a row.

COVID-19 figures across the Bonanza Valley: cumulative totals since January 2020 are the first number listed. *These numbers are being updated on Sunday, January 3. It's a long list of zip codes.

Brooten 56316: 113 (+1) and the prior week's increase was two new cases.

Belgrade 56312: 209 (+5) and the prior week's increase was eight new cases.

Elrosa 56325: 17 (zero) and the prior week's increase was also zero new cases.

Willmar 56201: 3,398 (+52) and the prior week's increase was 253.

Benson 56215: 446 (+4) and the prior week's increase was 14.

Kerkhoven 56252: 135 (+1) and the prior week's increase was 17.

Murdock 56271: 75 (+1) and the prior week's increase was also one.

New London 56273: 526 (+6) and the prior week's increase was 46.

Pennock 56279: 132 (+1) and the prior week's increase was 3.

Spicer 56288: 418 (+7) and the prior week's increase was 24.

Sunburg 56289: 75 (+1) and the prior week's increase was two.

Alexandria 56308: 2,413 (+74) and the prior week's increase was 108.

Glenwood 56334: 386 (+5) and the prior week's increase was also five.

Sauk Centre 56378: 827 (+14) and the prior week's increase was 36.

Greenwald 56335: 19 (zero new) and the prior week's increase was also zero.

Melrose 56352: 716 (+4) and the prior week's increase was 11.

Paynesville 56362: 638 (+13) and the prior week's increase was 17.

St. Martin 56376: 45 (zero new) and the prior week's increase was one.

Osakis 56360: 374 (+7).