MDH: 57 new COVID-19 deaths, 2,170 newly reported cases

Saturday, the Minnesota Department of Health reported 57 new deaths from COVID-19 and 2,170 newly reported positive COVID-19 tests.

According to MDH, due to the holiday, the situation update for COVID-19 did not update on Friday. The updates resumed on Saturday with data from Thursday.

Of the 2,170 newly reported cases, 202 of them are noted as probable cases, according to MDH. A total of 13,154 probable cases have been reported since antigen testing began in September.

So far, 5,107 people have died of the coronavirus in Minnesota. Of those deaths, 150 are listed as probable COVID-19 deaths. Of the total deaths reported as of Saturday, 3,305 were in long-term care facilities.

To date, 21,213 COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized in Minnesota and 4,516 patients have been in the ICU.

According to MDH, the new positive COVID-19 cases in Minnesota reported on Saturday moved the state’s total to 406,545 since pandemic record-keeping began.

A total of 382,705 patients have recovered or are recovering and no longer need isolation, according to MDH.

As of Saturday, more than 5.39 million COVID-19 tests have been completed in Minnesota.

According to MDH, as of Saturday, a total of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Minnesota is 2,999 with 2,997 vaccinated by the Pfizer vaccine.

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According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering, the virus has infected more than 80.0 million people worldwide and killed over 1.7 million people.

About 45.1 million people worldwide have recovered as of Saturday.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, patients with confirmed COVID-19 have mild to severe respiratory problems, with symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath. Some patients report a loss of smell and/or taste and having muscle aches, headache, sore throat, and/or chills and shaking.

Note: According to MDH – "Because all data are preliminary, the change in number of cumulative positive cases and deaths from one day to the next may not equal the newly reported cases or deaths."