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Minnesota’s Sunday COVID-19 update includes a further 85 deaths, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
The newly reported 85 deaths account for 4,444 cases of dangerous COVID – 19 cases during epidemics in Minnesota. The total long-term care mortality was 2,906 (65.4%).
There were 851 deaths in the first 13 days of December after 1,140 fatal cases were reported in November, the worst month ever recorded in Minnesota.
Hospitalization
Hospital admission numbers have not been updated over the weekend.
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Of those admitted to the hospital, 343 patients are in intensive care and 1,118 are receiving non-ICU treatment.
As of December 10, here is how many people were in intensive care with COVID-19 by region:
- Metro: 208 (down from 222 the previous day)
- Middle: 47 (from 44)
- Northeast: 35 (Level 35)
- Southeast: 27 (below 29)
- Northwest: 13 (from 12)
- South Central: 7 (4th to 4th)
- West Central: 2 (Level 2)
- Southwest: 4 (below 5)
Statewide, as of December 10, there were 107 (from 100 the previous day) staff ICU beds. These numbers directly affect the number and number of patients in the ICU (for all health reasons, not just Govit-19). Of available staff. The breakdown of the region can be seen here / below.
- Metro: 43
- Middle: 17
- Northeast: 7
- Southeast: 18
- Northwest: 5
- South Central: 5
- West Central: 7
- Southwest: 5
Note: The total of the hospital is preliminary and subject to adjustment over the next few days.
Test and positive rates
In Sunday’s update, 3,439 positive results were obtained from a total of 48,098 completed tests, creating a daily test positive rate of 7.15%, down from 10% for the fourth day in a row.
The World Health Organization recommended in May a positive rate of less than 5% (divided by total positive total tests) for at least two weeks to reopen the economy safely. That 5% threshold is based on the total positives generated by the total tests.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota has had a positive 9.91% over the past seven days.
48,098 completed trials from 15,490. People are often tested more than once, so the test positive rate today is 22.2% when the positive ones are separated by the tested ones.
Corona virus in Minnesota by numbers
- Total tests: 4,888,424 (from 4,840,190)
- Tested people: 2,759,354 (from 2,743,864)
- Positive cases: 378,823 (Up to 375,398)
- Fatalities: 4,444 – 110 of them “possible *” (from 4,359)
- Currently victims: 37,293 (below 40,140)
- Patients no longer need isolation: 341,530 (from 335,258)
* Possible deaths in patients who die after being tested positive using the COVID-19 antigen test, which is not as accurate as the most common PCR test.