MDH: 4 newly reported COVID-19 deaths, 393 current hospitalizations
Friday, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported*:
- 4 new deaths from COVID-19
*MDH says all of the deaths reported Friday are from June 2022.
MDH also reported the following data regarding hospital capacity**:
- 1,026 ICU, non-COVID beds in use for adult and pediatric patients
- 31 ICU, COVID beds in use for adult and pediatric patients
- 6,335 non-ICU, non-COVID beds in use for adult and pediatric patients
- 362 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:
- 10.14 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered
- 2.29 million third-dose and booster shots have been administered
- 3.71 million people have completed the vaccine series
- 2.43 million people up to date with vaccine doses
- 75.2% of those 5 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine
As of May 23, 2022, MDH has expanded the data points it is reporting related to COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases. The full data set can be viewed here.
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Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported, as of Friday, 75 counties in Minnesota remained at a high level of COVID-19 community transmission. Another eight counties are considered at a substantial spread.
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