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Seventy-two other people have died from COVID-19 in Minnesota, according to Wednesday’s update from the state’s health department. The 72 deaths are the highest number of deaths reported in a single day, the November 19 total, and bring the pandemic’s toll to 3,375.
The 72 newly reported deaths put the death toll in Minnesota for November alone at 922, more than double the number of deaths reported in October (423) and well over 200 fatal cases more than the second deadliest month (May, 696 deaths).
Of the newly reported deaths, 48 were residents of long-term care facilities, which accounted for 67.9% (2,292) of all deaths from COVID-19 in Minnesota.
Hospitalizations
Through November 24, the number of people with COVID-19 hospitalized in Minnesota is 1,812, down from the high score of 1,828 set in Tuesday’s report. Of the hospitalized patients, 387 are in intensive care and 1,425 are receiving non-ICU treatment.
Note: Hospital totals are preliminary and are subject to change in the coming days.
Test and positivity rate
The 6,399 positive results in Wednesday’s update came from a total of 65,552 completed tests, creating a daily test positivity rate of 9.7%.
These tests carried out concerned 32,775 people. People are often tested more than once, so the test positivity rate when dividing positives by those tested is 19.5% today.
The World Health Organization recommended in May that a percentage positive rate (total positives divided by total tests completed) of less than 5% for at least two weeks be needed to safely reopen the economy. This 5% cutoff is based on the total positives divided by the total tests.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota’s percentage positive in the past seven days is 12.60%.
Coronavirus in Minnesota in figures
- Total tests: 3,956,949 (vs. 3,891,159)
- People tested: 2,397,718 (vs. 2,364,943)
- Positive cases: 289,303 (against 282,916)
- Death: 3375 – 62 of which “probable *” (against 3303)
- Active cases: 48583 (against 49069)
- Patients no longer requiring isolation: 240,720 (against 233,847)
* 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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