Roseau County has 1634 Positive Cases; with 2 new cases reported today; and 16 accumulated deaths.
Tuesday’s COVID update from the Minnesota Department of Health includes six new deaths and fewer than 1,000 new cases.
The newly reported deaths bring the state’s total to 5,945 over the course of the pandemic, of which 63.7% (3,790) were residents of long-term care, including four of the six reported Tuesday.
The B.1.1.7. variant of coronavirus that was first discovered in the United Kingdom has been found in Minnesota, with health officials so far confirming five cases of the variant in the Twin Cities metro area, but none have been confirmed in the last two weeks.
Meanwhile, the state reported that, through Jan. 16, 200,130 people have received at least 1 dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, while 38,258 people have completed both doses of vaccine that are required for the vaccines’ full effect.
The health department has launched a public dashboard to track vaccine distribution throughout Minnesota, and you can view it here.
The 922 positive results in Tuesday’s update were from a total of 14,467 completed tests, creating a daily test positivity rate of 6.37%.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota’s test positivity rate over the past seven days is 5.00%, making it one of the lowest rates in the country.
The World Health Organization recommends that a percent positive rate (total positives divided by total completed tests) of below 5% for at least two weeks is necessary to safely reopen the economy. That 5% threshold is based on total positives divided by total tests.
Statewide:
- Total tests: 6,188,091 (up from 6,173,664)
- People tested: 3,156,853 (up from 3,152,124)
- Positive cases: 448,268 (up from 447,349)
- Deaths: 5,945 – 219 of which are “probable*” (up from 5,939)
- Patients no longer requiring isolation: 431,096 (up from 429,325)
Updated daily with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day.
Last modified: 01/21/2021
