MDH reports 4 new COVID-19 deaths, 606 additional cases

Tuesday, the Minnesota Department of Health reported 606 new cases of COVID-19, moving the state’s total to 57,162.

State health officials also reported four more deaths. So far, 1,620 Minnesotans have died from COVID-19, including 1,233 in long-term care or assisted living facilities, according to MDH statistics.

Health labs have completed 1,078,695 tests to date, according to MDH.

As of Tuesday, 328 patients were in the hospital for COVID-19, and 159 were in intensive care. So far 5,346 patients have required hospitalization, according to MDH.

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To date, 50,426 Minnesotans are recovering from the virus and 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 18.3 million people worldwide and killed about 694,956.

About 10.9 million people worldwide have recovered as of Tuesday.

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."