The week included six deaths in Otter Tail County. Written By: Staff reports | × With the rate of cases in the area decreasing since the end of November, Wadena County has seen 36 additional positive cases of COVID-19 between Dec. 18-22. "This is certainly progress, but it is still a very high number of cases per population," said Jan Malcolm, Minnesota commissioner of health, in a news conference on Dec. 21. Area counties have seen the following increases in positive COVID-19 cases from Dec. 4-18: Becker County had an additional 312 cases, Hubbard 118, Otter Tail 542, Todd 236 and Wadena 168. The counties have seen decreases from the number of additional positive cases from Nov. 27-Dec. 11: Becker County had an additional 502 cases, Hubbard 198, Otter Tail 876, Todd 338 and Wadena 240.