MDH: 2,942 total COVID-19 cases, 200 deaths total
[KSTP-TV]
The Minnesota Department of Health on Thursday reported 221 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s cumulative total to 2,942.
MDH also reported 21 more deaths from the virus. So far, 200 Minnesotans have died from COVID-19.
State laboratories have completed 10,738 tests, and private labs have processed another 40,810. A total of 51,548 people have tested negative for the virus.
Statewide, 712 patients have required hospitalization. On Thursday, there were 268 patients still in the hospital and 104 in intensive care.
According to MDH, 1,536 patients have recovered from the virus and no longer require isolation.
According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering, the virus has infected about 2.6 million people worldwide and killed 183,559.
About 715,191 people have recovered from the virus.