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Another 57 deaths caused by COVID-19 and more than 2,100 cases have been reported for Minnesota.
The figures for Christmas Eve are reported today (Saturday) due to the fact that no data were published on Christmas Day. COVID data for Christmas and Saturday will be reported on both Sundays.
There were now 5,107 deaths caused by the virus during the pandemic, of which 64.7% (3,305) came from long-term care, including 32 of the 57 reported on Saturday.
The most recent deaths include someone aged 40-44 in Olmsted County and someone aged 45-49 in Ramsey County.
hospitalization
Hospitalization figures are not updated over the weekend.
As of December 23, the number of people with COVID-19 hospitalized in Minnesota is 1,048. This is down from the 1,060 hospitalized since Tuesday.
Of those hospitalized, 238 were in intensive care and 810 received non-ICU treatment.
Test rates and positivity
The 2,142 positive results from Saturday’s update come from a total of 52,888 completed tests, creating a daily test positivity rate of 4.05%.
The World Health Organization recommended in May that a positive percentage rate (total positive divided by total completed tests) of less than 5% is needed for at least two weeks to safely reopen the economy. That 5% threshold is based on the total positives divided by the total tests.
Coronavirus in Minnesota by numbers
- Total tests: 5,392,411 (of the 5,339,550)
- Tested persons: 2,918,243 (increasing from 2,903,339)
- Positive cases: 406,545 (of the 404,403)
- deaths: 5,107 – 150 of which are “probable *” (increasing from 5,050)
- Active cases: 23,840 (of the 23,134)
- Patients who no longer need isolation: 382,705 (of 381,269)
* Probable deaths are patients who died after a positive test using the COVID-19 antigen test, which is thought to be less accurate than the more common PCR test.