MDH: 9 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,449 newly reported cases

Friday, the Minnesota Department of Health reported nine new deaths from COVID-19 and 1,449 newly reported positive COVID-19 tests.

Meanwhile, there have been a total of 2.08 million COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Minnesota, with 1,057,431 receiving the Pfizer vaccine, 976,854 receiving the Moderna vaccine and 47,791 receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to MDH. Another 12 vaccinations are considered "unknown/missing" in the data.

So far, 788,495 people have completed the vaccine series, according to MDH data.

Of the 1,449 newly reported cases, 222 of them are noted as probable cases, according to MDH. A total of 26,957 probable cases have been reported since antigen testing began in September.

So far, 6,771 people have died from the coronavirus in Minnesota. Of those deaths, 369 are listed as probable COVID-19 deaths. A total of 4,247 long-term care facility deaths have been reported.

To date, 26,578 COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized in Minnesota and 5,478 patients have been in the ICU.

According to MDH, the new positive COVID-19 cases in Minnesota reported on Friday moved the state’s total to 502,893 since pandemic record-keeping began. A total of 485,912 patients have recovered or are recovering and no longer need isolation.

As of Friday, over 7.8 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 121.9 million people worldwide and killed over 2.69 million people.

Over 69.0 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 a loss of smell and/or taste and 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."