MDH reports 46 deaths, second-highest COVID-19 death toll during pandemic, 5,552 new cases

Friday, the Minnesota Department of Health reported 46 new deaths from COVID-19, as well as 5,552 newly reported positive COVID-19 tests.

It’s the second-highest count of deaths from a single report. The highest was 56, which was reported on Wednesday.

So far, 2,839 people have died of the coronavirus in Minnesota. Thirty-seven of those deaths are also listed as probable COVID-19 deaths.

Of the 5,552 newly reported cases, 213 of them are noted as probable cases, according to MDH. A total of 2,251 probable cases have been reported since antigen testing began in September.

According to MDH, the newly reported positive COVID-19 cases in Minnesota reported on Friday moved the state’s total to 207,339 since pandemic record-keeping began.

To date, 12,644 COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized in Minnesota and 3,119 patients have been in the ICU.

A total of 161,756 patients have recovered, or are recovering, and no longer need isolation, according to MDH.

As of Friday, more than 3.3 million COVID-19 tests have been completed in Minnesota.

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According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering, the virus has infected more than 53 million people worldwide and killed over 1.29 million people.

Nearly 34.2 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."