464 new COVID-19 cases, 5 additional deaths in latest MDH report
In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker attends to a patient in the intensive care unit at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. China expanded its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people and rushed to build a prefabricated, 1,000-bed hospital for victims Friday as the outbreak cast a pall over Lunar New Year, the country's biggest, most festive holiday.[Xiong Qi/Xinhua via AP]
Saturday, the Minnesota Department of Health reported there are 464 new cases that have tested positive for COVID-19, creating a total of 45,470 cases in the state.
MDH reports there are 1,538 total deaths, with five additional deaths reported Saturday. Of the entire total, 1,186 have occurred in long-term care or assisted living facilities, MDH reported.
The department stated, as of Saturday, 835,962 tests have been completed.
According to MDH, 4,602 total cases have required hospitalization. Of that total, 265 remained in the hospital Saturday with 117 in intensive care.
MDH states 39,310 patients no longer need to be isolated. MDH is now reporting that the number of patients who no longer need isolation represents individuals with confirmed COVID-19 who no longer need to self-isolate. That number "does not include those who have died; the cumulative number was adjusted to reflect that change."
According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering, the virus has infected more than 14.1 million people worldwide and killed about 597,541.
More than 7.9 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 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."