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Saturday’s COVID update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 1,030 new cases and 17 new deaths.
The newly reported deaths bring the state’s total to 6,290 during the pandemic. Of those deaths, 63.3% (3,960) were long-term care residents, including seven of the 17 reported on Saturday.
As of February 4, the state reported that 525,236 people had received at least 1 dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine while 147,321 people had completed the two doses of vaccine needed for the vaccines to have full effect.
MDH has a public dashboard for tracking vaccine progress in Minnesota, and you can view it here.
Two new variants of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Minnesota, including what was the first known case of the Brazil P.1 variant in the United States. This case concerns a Minnesotan who recently visited Brazil. There are 8 confirmed cases of variant B.1.1.7. The two new strains are believed to be more transmissible.
Hospitalizations
Hospital data is not updated on weekends.
As of February 4, the number of people with COVID-19 hospitalized in Minnesota was 362. Of those hospitalized, 82 were in intensive care and 280 were receiving non-resuscitation treatment.
Statewide, 150 staffed intensive care beds were available. During the November push, the state had fewer than 100 intensive care beds available. The number of beds available depends on the number of staff available, so the totals are constantly changing.
Test and positivity rate
The 1,030 positive results in Saturday’s update came from a total of 34,448 completed tests, creating a daily test positivity rate of 2.99%.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota’s test positivity rate over the past seven days is 3.49%, making it one of the lowest rates in the country.
The World Health Organization recommends that a percentage positive rate (total positives divided by total tests completed) of less than 5% for at least two weeks is necessary to safely reopen the economy. 5% is based on total positives divided by total tests.
Coronavirus in Minnesota in figures
- Total tests: 6,751,744 (instead of 6717419)
- People tested: 3,305,989 (compared to 3,296,876)
- People with at least 1 vaccinated vaccine: 525 236 (compared to 497 843)
- People who have received 2 vaccines: 147,321 (compared to 138,212)
- Positive cases: 467,217 (versus 466,224)
- Deaths: 6,289 – 261 are “probable *” (compared to 6,273)
- Patients no longer requiring isolation: 452,183 (against 450,924)
* 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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