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Thursday’s COVID-19 update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 2,874 new cases and 13 newly reported deaths, all of which occurred in September.
The death toll in the state is 8,153 since the start of the pandemic. Of the total deaths, 56.9% (4,637) were long-term care residents.
As of September 27, the state reported that 3,398,906 people had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 3,227,882 people had completed the series of vaccines. The percentage of the population of Minnesota who received at least one injection, by age group:
- 12-15: 53%
- 16-17: 59%
- 18-49: 63%
- 50-64: 75%
- 65+: 91%
- Total population: 61.1%
58% of the total population of Minnesota, including children under 12 who are not eligible for the vaccine, have completed the series of vaccines. This rises to 68.6% excluding children under 12. MDH has a public dashboard for tracking vaccination progress in Minnesota, and you can view it here.
Hospitalizations
Until September 29, the number of people with COVID-19 hospitalized in Minnesota was 789 (up from 800 reported Wednesday). Among those hospitalized, 207 people are in intensive care and 582 in general hospital care.
Here’s how many people are hospitalized based on regional location, although that doesn’t mean every patient has contracted the virus in those specific regions, as they may have been diverted depending on available beds.
- Metro: 109 ICU, 280 non-ICU (yesterday was 105, 288)
- Central: 29 USI, 96 non USI (instead of 29, 92)
- Southeast: 30 ICU, 64 non-ICU (was 33, 69)
- Northeast: 17 intensive care units, 52 non-ICU (instead of 14, 57)
- Northwest: 11 ICU, 21 non-ICU (was 13, 18)
- Center-Sud: 7 intensive care units, 36 non-ICU (instead of 6, 36)
- Southwest: 1 ICU, 17 non-ICU (was 2, 14)
- West Central: 3 ICU, 16 non-ICU (was 4, 20)
Availability of intensive care beds with staff as of September 29, 2021.
Minnesota Department of Health
Tests and positivity rate.
The 2,874 positive results in Thursday’s update came from 47,044 completed tests, creating a test positivity rate of 6.11%.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota’s test positivity rate over the past seven days is 7.36%.
The World Health Organization recommends that a percent positive rate (total positives divided by total tests performed) of less than 5% for at least two weeks be necessary to keep the economy open and safe.
The coronavirus in Minnesota in figures
- Total tests: 12,510,372 (against 12,463,002)
- People tested: 5,643,178 (compared to 5,617,668)
- People who have received at least 1 vaccine: TBD (instead of 3,398,906)
- People who have completed the series of vaccines: TBD (instead of 3,227,882)
- Positive cases: 711,094 (compared to 708,220)
- Deaths: 8,153 to 465 including “probable *” (instead of 8,140)
- Patients no longer requiring isolation: 683,858 (against 682,682)
* Probable deaths are patients who died after testing positive using the COVID-19 antigen test, which is considered less accurate than the more common PCR test.
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