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Friday’s COVID-19 update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 2,050 new cases and 18 newly reported deaths. Thirteen of the 18 deaths occurred in September, the other five in March, April, May, June and August.
The death toll in the state is 7,892 since the start of the pandemic. Of the total deaths, 57.8% (4,562) were long-term care residents.
As of September 7, the state reported that 3,348,641 people had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 3,158,635 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: 52%
- 16-17: 59%
- 18-49: 62%
- 50-64: 74%
- 65+: 92%
- Total population: 60%
56.8% 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 67.2% excluding children under 12. MDH has a public dashboard for tracking vaccination progress in Minnesota, and you can view it here.
Hospitalizations
Until September 9, the number of people with COVID-19 hospitalized in Minnesota was 695 (up from 663 reported Thursday).
Among those hospitalized, 185 people are in intensive care and 510 in general hospital care. The spring surge saw a peak of 202 patients in intensive care and 517 people 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: 103 ICU, 293 non-ICU
- Central: 29 ICU, 62 non-ICU
- Southeast: 26 ICU, 62 non-ICU
- Northeast: 11 ICU, 22 non-ICU
- Northwest: 5 ICU, 13 non-ICU
- Center-South: 7 ICUs, 37 non-ICUs
- Southwest: 2 ICU, 13 non-ICU
- West-central: 2 ICU, 8 non-ICU
Tests and positivity rate.
The 2,050 positive results in Friday’s update came from 40,472 completed tests, creating a test positivity rate of 5.06%.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota’s test positivity rate over the past seven days is 7.41%.
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 is necessary to keep the economy open and safe.
The coronavirus in Minnesota in figures
- Total tests: 11,756,998 (compared to 11,716,045)
- People tested: 5,235,451 (compared to 5,215,994)
- People who have received at least 1 vaccine: 3,348,641 (compared to 3,344,415)
- People who have completed the series of vaccines: 3,158,635 (compared to 3,152,889)
- Positive cases: 666,496 (against 664,459)
- Deaths: 7,892 – including 434 “probable *” (compared to 7,874)
- Patients no longer requiring isolation: 644,355 (compared to 643,425)
* 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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