MDH: 4 new COVID-19 deaths, including death of child; 922 additional cases

Monday, the Minnesota Department of Health reported there are 922 new cases that have tested positive for COVID-19, creating a total of 47,107 cases in the state.

MDH reports there are 1,545 total deaths, with four additional deaths reported Monday. One of the four deaths, MDH stated, was a 9-month-old, the state’s youngest COVID-19 victim yet. Of the entire total, 1,187 have occurred in long-term care or assisted living facilities, MDH reported.

The department stated, as of Monday, 867,410 tests have been completed.

According to MDH, 4,678 total cases have required hospitalization. Of that total, 247 remained in the hospital Monday with 115 in intensive care.

MDH states 40,742 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 14.5 million people worldwide and killed about 606,922.

More than 8.1 million people worldwide have recovered as of Monday.

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." On July 19, MDH transitioned data management systems for COVID-19 surveillance data. This updated system is better able to deal with the high volume of data MDH is collecting. During this transition MDH had limited capacity to complete investigations. In turn, numbers posted on July 20 for missing and unknown are higher than normal. This data will be updated as case investigations continue. Because all data is 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.

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