Roseau County has 1615 Positive Cases; with 1 new cases reported today; and 16 accumulated deaths.
Tuesday’s COVID update from the Minnesota Department of Health includes 13 new deaths and more than 1,300 new cases.
The newly reported deaths bring the state’s total to 5,724 over the course of the pandemic, of which 64% (3,660) were residents of long-term care, including five of the 13 reported Monday.
Minnesota on Saturday evening confirmed the first five cases of the U.K.-based mutant variant of COVID-19, with residents in four Twin Cities counties testing positive for the B.1.1.7. variant after falling ill between Dec. 16-31.
No further cases of the new strain have been confirmed but health officials believe the variant is broadly circulating in Minnesota.
Meanwhile, the state reported Tuesday that 144,503 people have received at least 1 dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, while 7,392 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 1,335 positive results in Tuesday’s update were from a total of 29,315 completed tests, creating a daily test positivity rate of 4.55%.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Minnesota’s test positivity rate over the past seven days is 6.85%, which is trending back after falling below 5% just over a week ago.
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: 5,982,456 (up from 5,953,863)
- People tested: 3,097,074 (up from 3,089,057)
- Positive cases: 438,867 (up from 437,552)
- Deaths: 5,724 – 203 of which are “probable*” (up from 5,711)
- Patients no longer requiring isolation: 418,610 (up from 417,005)
Updated daily with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day.
Last modified: 01/13/2021
