MDH: 20 newly reported COVID-19 deaths, 226 current hospitalizations
Thursday, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported*:
- 20 new deaths from COVID-19
*Of the deaths reported Thursday, MDH says 11 are from March 2022, five are from February 2022, three from January 2022 and one from December 2021.
MDH also reported the following data regarding hospital capacity**:
- 980 ICU, non-COVID beds in use for adult and pediatric patients
- 31 ICU, COVID beds in use for adult and pediatric patients
- 6,410 non-ICU, non-COVID beds in use for adult and pediatric patients
- 195 non-ICU, COVID beds in use for adult and pediatric patients
**For this data set, MDH defines COVID beds in use as being “the number of patients who are currently positive with COVID-19 occupying a staffed inpatient bed in Minnesota. This does not include patients that were once positive but are now negative.”
Additionally, MDH said:
- 9.49 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered
- 2.18 million third-dose and booster shots have been administered
- 3.67 million people have completed the vaccine series
- 2.54 million people up to date with vaccine doses
- 74.6% of those 5 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine
View the complete update via the interactive infographic below or here.
Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported, as of Thursday, four counties in Minnesota remained at a high level of COVID-19 community transmission. Another 31 counties are considered at a substantial spread.
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