MDH: 10 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,184 new cases

Tommy Wiita
[KSTP-TV]

The Minnesota Department of Health on Friday reported 10 new deaths from COVID-19, as well as 1,184 newly reported positive COVID-19 tests.

So far, 2,059 people have died of the coronavirus in Minnesota, including 1,472 in long-term care and assisted living facilities.

To date, 7,793 COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized in Minnesota.

According to MDH, the 1,184 newly reported positive COVID-19 tests in Minnesota on Friday moved the state’s total to 101,366 since pandemic record-keeping began.

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A total of 90,492 patients have recovered, or are recovering, and no longer need isolation, according to MDH.

As of Friday, 2,086,963 COVID-19 tests have been completed in Minnesota and about 1,447,050 people have been tested.

Additionally, for the first time, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is releasing data on COVID-19 cases inside state schools.

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According to MDH, the following schools reported five or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in students or staff who were in the building while infectious during a two-week reporting period.

  • Brainerd Senior High School in Crow Wing County
  • Albert Lea Senior High School in Freeborn County
  • Isanti Middle School in Isanti County
  • Fairmont Jr./Sr. High School in Martin County
  • Martin Luther High School in Martin County
  • St. Paul Lutheran School in Martin County
  • Hinckley Elementary in Pine County

MDH reports the list will be updated each Thursday going forward.

See the full Minnesota COVID-19 situation update here.

According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering, the virus has infected more than 34 million people worldwide and killed over one million people.

About 23.8 million people worldwide have recovered as of Friday.

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."

Meanwhile, MDH issued the following note about its hospitalization data:

As of 9/24, changes to hospitalization data more clearly show how many people in Minnesota required admission to a hospital and ICU.

  • "Total hospitalizations" and "Cases admitted to a hospital" include both ICU and non-ICU admissions.
  • Admission dates are when the case was first admitted to the hospital. In most cases, the original admission was for COVID.
  • Cases hospitalized before they were diagnosed with COVID also use original admission dates. This is the reason for admission dates before the first case was identified in Minnesota