Roseau County has 1639 Positive Cases; with 3 new cases reported today; and 17 accumulated deaths.
Friday’s COVID update from the Minnesota Department of Health includes 21 new deaths and more than 1,500 new cases.
The newly reported deaths bring the state’s total to 6,032 over the course of the pandemic. Of those deaths, 63.6% (3,836) were residents of long-term care, including 11 of the 21 reported Friday.
Meanwhile, through Jan. 19, the state reported that 214,050 people have received at least 1 dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, while 49,604 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 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.
The 1,525 positive results in Friday’s update were from a total of 42,680 completed tests, creating a daily test positivity rate of 3.57%.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota’s test positivity rate over the past seven days is 4.95%, 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: 6,289,662 (up from 6,247,442)
- People tested: 3,181,066 (up from 3,170,947)
- Positive cases: 452,268 (up from 450,762)
- Deaths: 6,032 – 227 of which are “probable*” (up from 6,011)
- Patients no longer requiring isolation: 434,515 (up from 433,722)
Updated daily with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day.
Last modified: 01/25/2021
