Over 500 New Cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota

There have been over 500 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Minnesota since yesterday, including new cases in Beltrami, Crow Wing and Cass County.

There have been 33 deaths from COVID-19 in Minnesota since yesterday, bringing the total deaths to 932. This matches the one-day high for daily deaths. Of those, 759 deaths were people in long-term care or assisted living facilities, with 27 deaths yesterday.

There have been 510 new cases of COVID-19 reported since yesterday. There are 22,464 cases recorded so far. 11% of those cases reported are health care workers, making up 2,487 positive tests.

There have been 216,532 tests administered so far for COVID-19. Over 6,000 tests were administered since yesterday.

There are now 57 cases in Crow Wing County, one additional from yesterday. There has been one death in Crow Wing County. In Itasca County, there have been 53 cases reported with seven deaths, and there have been 12 cases in Cass County,  up one from yesterday with two deaths. There have been 13 cases reported in Beltrami County, up one from yesterday with no deaths.

There have been fewer than 10 cases in Wadena, Koochiching, Hubbard, and Clearwater Counties, with no deaths reported in any.

2,796 people have been hospitalized so far from COVID-19. As of today, 598 are currently hospitalized, up 28 from yesterday. There are 260 people hospitalized in the ICU. 16,314 have been released from isolation so far, meaning they no longer need to be self-isolating, which is an increase of 791 from yesterday.