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Monday’s COVID-19 update from the Department of Health in Minnesota (MDH) contains 1,292 new cases and six new deaths.
The new deaths increase the death toll from the state to 7026 in the course of the pandemic. Of the total deaths, 61.7% (4 336) were residents of long-term care.
As of April 17, the state reported that 2,292,756 people had received at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine, while 1,625,800 people had completed their vaccine range.
Fifty-two percent of Minnesotans 16 years and older received at least one shot, while 85% of the 65-year-old population had at least one dose of vaccine. Overall, 41% of the state’s population had at least one dose.
MDH has a public dashboard to track the progress of vaccines in Minnesota, and you can see it here.
Hospitalizations
During April 17, the number of people with COVID-19 hospitalized in Minnesota was 686, down from 671 reported Friday.
Of those admitted to the hospital, 171 were in intensive care (versus 165 were reported Friday) and 515 received non-ICU treatment (versus 506).
This is how the surveys in Minnesota have progressed since March 7th.
- March 7: 223 (177 non-ICU, 46 ICU)
- March 13: 255 (194 non-ICU, 61 ICU)
- March 20: 324 (246 non-ICU, 78 ICU)
- March 27: 356 (264 non-ICU, 92 ICU)
- April 2: 439 (337 non-ICU, 112 ICU)
- April 8: 595 (461 non-ICU, 134 ICU)
- April 14: 699 (531 non-ICU, 168 ICU)
- April 17: 686 (515 non-ICU, 171 ICU)
Test and positivity figures
The 1,292 positive results in Monday’s update were from 23,297 completed tests, resulting in a test positivity rate of 5.54%.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota’s test positivity rate over the past seven days is 7.01%.
The World Health Organization recommends that a percentage positive rate (total positive divided by total completed tests) be needed for at least two weeks below 5% to safely reopen the economy. The 5% threshold is based on total positives, divided by total tests.
Coronavirus in Minnesota by Numbers
- Total tests: 8,866,081 (from 8,842,898)
- People tested: 3,911,831 (versus 3,902,960)
- People shot with at least 1 vaccination: 2,292,756 (higher than 2,274,426)
- People who have completed. vaccine range: 1 625 800 (compared to 1 600 887)
- Positive cases: 557,665 (higher than 556,381)
- Deaths: 7,026 – 386 of which are “probably *” (compared to 7,020)
- Patients who no longer need isolation: 532,563 (from 530,121)
* Probable deaths are patients who died after testing positive using the COVID-19 antigen test, which is thought to be less accurate than the more common PCR test.