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Thursday’s COVID-19 update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 1,904 new cases and 22 newly reported deaths, 21 of 22 occurring in August (one in July).
The death toll in the state is 7,839 since the start of the pandemic. Of the total deaths, 58.0% (4,550) were long-term care residents.
As of August 30, the state reported that 3,322,642 people had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 3,122,523 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: 51%
- 16-17: 58%
- 18-49: 62%
- 50-64: 74%
- 65+: 92%
- Total population: 60%
56.1% of the total population of Minnesota, including children under 12 who are not eligible for the vaccine, have completed the vaccine series. This rises to 66.4% excluding children under 12. MDH has a public dashboard for tracking vaccination progress in Minnesota, and you can view it here.
Hospitalizations
Until September 1, the number of people with COVID-19 hospitalized in Minnesota was 631 (up from 614 reported Wednesday).
Among those hospitalized, 163 people are in intensive care and 468 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 by regions of Minnesota, although that doesn’t mean every patient has contracted the virus in those specific regions, as they may have been turned away depending on available beds.
- Metro: 85 ICU, 269 non-ICU
- Central: 27 ICU, 53 non-ICU
- Southeast: 29 ICU, 49 non-ICU
- Northeast: 10 ICU, 31 non-ICU
- Northwest: 7 ICU, 16 non-ICU
- Center-South: 3 ICU, 26 non-ICU
- Southwest: 2 ICU, 17 non-ICU
- West-central: 0 ICU, 7 non-ICU
Tests and positivity rate.
The 1,904 positive results in Thursday’s update came from 39,538 completed tests, creating a test positivity rate of 4.81%.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota’s test positivity rate over the past seven days is 6.83%.
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: 11,525,903 (compared to 11,486,181)
- People tested: 5,112,296 (instead of 5,094,127)
- People who have received at least 1 vaccine: 3,322,642 (compared to 3,317,709)
- People who have completed the series of vaccines: 3,122,523 (compared to 3,116,298)
- Positive cases: 653,288 (compared to 651,388)
- Deaths: 7,839 – including 431 “probable *” (compared to 7,817)
- Patients no longer requiring isolation: 632,808 (compared to 631,796)
* 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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