COVID-19 cases in MINNESOTA rise, hospitals fill

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Minnesota reported 1,400 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, making it the fourth day in a row that new cases have remained over 1,000. Three of those four days had new case totals at or above 1,400 -- Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The Minnesota Department of Health also reported 6 more deaths from the virus, bringing the state's total to 6,777.

Saturday's new case total includes 1,162 confirmed cases and 238 probable cases.

The total number of Minnesotans who have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began is now 504,273, with 27,188 of those as antigen test results.

MDH says six new deaths from the virus were reported. That pushes the total number of fatalities in Minnesota to 6,777.

To date, 26,641 Minnesotans have been hospitalized with the coronavirus since the pandemic started, with 5,493 of them needing care in the ICU.
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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported 1,714 new COVID-19 cases Friday, along with seven new deaths.

Friday's new case total includes 1,443 confirmed cases and 271 probable cases.

The total number of Minnesotans who have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began is now 512,097, with 28,506 of those as antigen test results.

MDH says seven new deaths from the virus were reported. The total number of fatalities in Minnesota is 6,821.

To date, 27,000 Minnesotans have been hospitalized with the coronavirus since the pandemic started, with 5,555 of them needing care in the ICU.
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The Minnesota Department of Health on Wednesday reported 12 new deaths from COVID-19 and 1,660 newly reported positive COVID-19 tests.

Of the 1,660 newly reported cases, 315 of them are noted as probable cases, according to MDH. A total of 29,703 probable cases have been reported since antigen testing began in September.

So far, 6,848 people have died from the coronavirus in Minnesota. Of those deaths, 375 are listed as probable COVID-19 deaths. A total of 4,276 long-term care facility deaths have been reported.

To date, 27,308 COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized in Minnesota and 5,623 patients have been in the ICU.

According to MDH, the new positive COVID-19 cases in Minnesota reported on Wednesday moved the state's total to 519,529 since pandemic record-keeping began.
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Minnesota recorded 19 more COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, and another 2,004 new infections were reported by the state Department of Health.

The state’s test positivity-rate is near 6 percent, which is above the 5 percent threshold state health officials use to determine if the outbreak is under control.

Minnesota has now diagnosed 532,658 cases of COVID-19, and 6,908 deaths have been recorded.

Hospitalized patient counts continue to climb with 538 needing care, including 138 in critical condition. Minnesota last had more than 500 patients hospitalized in January at the end of the last surge.
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Minnesota's COVID-19 case growth triggers federal indoor mask guideline for most metro counties

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In the seven-county metro area, all counties except Carver are seeing worrisome case transmission rates, in addition to 29 more counties statewide, based on per capita case rates and percentage of tests that are positive.

Altogether, 35 of Minnesota's 87 counties are considered to have substantial or high virus transmission, according to the CDC.

The statewide per capita case growth rate is 6%, putting it above the 5% cautionary level set by public health officials.

Another 702 new COVID-19 infections were reported on Friday. The test positivity rate was 3.1%, up from 1.2% at the beginning of July.

The state's hospitals were caring for 231 COVID-19 patients, an 11% increase from the previous day. Of those, 64 were receiving intensive care, a one-day increase of seven.
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