MINNESOTA REPORTS 4 DEATHS, 862 NEW COVID-19 CASES INCLUDING 5 IN POLK COUNTY

The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 862 new cases of COVID-19 and 4 deaths. There were 16,319 completed tests yesterday for a positive rate of 5.3 percent. There were five new cases reported in Polk County for a total of 194, of which 37 are active.

Updated August 28, 2020
Updated daily at 11 a.m., with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day.

Data is for cases that were tested and returned positive. All data is preliminary and may change as cases are investigated. Many data points are collected during case interviews. Data presented below is for all cases, regardless of interview status. Data for cases pending interview may be listed as “unknown/missing.”

Not all suspected cases of COVID-19 are tested, so this data is not representative of the total number of people in Minnesota who have or had COVID-19. Cumulative numbers are since Jan. 20, 2020.

Daily Update:

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.

73,240
Total positive cases (cumulative)
862
Newly reported cases
4
Newly reported deaths

Testing

Total approximate number of completed tests: 1,443,344

  • Total approximate number of people tested: 1,101,710

Graph of Laboratory testing for COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2), data in table below.

Testing data table

Date reported to MDH Completed tests reported from the MDH Public Health Lab (daily) Completed tests reported from external laboratories (daily) Total approximate number of completed tests
3/28 470 1,054 18,081
3/29 245 962 19,288
3/30 156 890 20,334
3/31 176 1,340 21,850
4/1 300 702 22,852
4/2 102 1,880 24,834
4/3 56 1,291 26,181
4/4 108 1,554 27,843
4/5 30 1,435 29,308
4/6 46 1,133 30,487
4/7 90 1,461 32,038
4/8 80 1,372 33,490
4/9 93 1,738 35,321
4/10 107 1,652 37,080
4/11 93 1,532 38,705
4/12 56 1,134 39,895
4/13 39 746 40,680
4/14 128 1,063 41,871
4/15 137 1,559 43,567
4/16 110 1,345 45,022
4/17 126 1,340 46,488
4/18 123 1,357 47,968
4/19 66 1,164 49,198
4/20 124 716 50,038
4/21 214 1,535 51,787
4/22 230 1,899 53,916
4/23 216 2,274 56,406
4/24 296 2,793 59,495
4/25 172 2,447 62,114
4/26 71 2,492 64,677
4/27 149 1,870 66,696
4/28 268 3,079 70,043
4/29 253 6,824 77,120
4/30 429 3,917 81,466
5/1 277 4,206 85,949
5/2 302 3,535 89,786
5/3 70 3,090 92,946
5/4 231 3,837 97,014
5/5 266 2,899 100,179
5/6 323 4,156 104,658
5/7 336 4,673 109,667
5/8 254 4,621 114,542
5/9 232 4,679 119,453
5/10 68 5,228 124,749
5/11 278 5,025 130,052
5/12 355 3,661 134,068
5/13 301 6,992 141,361
5/14 1,074 5,658 148,093
5/15 548 8,582 157,223
5/16 717 7,246 165,186
5/17 232 5,747 171,165
5/18 132 6,256 177,553
5/19 601 5,772 183,926
5/20 531 6,424 190,881
5/21 394 7,861 199,136
5/22 742 8,978 208,856
5/23 1,069 7,826 217,751
5/24 86 6,894 224,731
5/25 86 6,558 231,375
5/26 162 6,774 238,311
5/27 254 9,273 247,838
5/28 652 9,228 257,718
5/29 667 9,707 268,092
5/30 0 8,435 276,527
5/31 0 6,886 283,413
6/1 0 4,183 287,596
6/2 1,061 6,616 295,273
6/3 652 15,261 311,186
6/4 379 10,545 322,110
6/5 929 10,108 333,147
6/6 1,087 9,318 343,552
6/7 733 8,755 353,040
6/8 44 7,724 360,808
6/9 300 8,581 369,689
6/10 674 11,343 381,706
6/11 765 12,634 395,105
6/12 1,031 11,770 407,906
6/13 826 8,957 417,689
6/14 254 4,775 422,718
6/15 22 6,175 428,915
6/16 357 19,135 448,407
6/17 485 12,008 460,900
6/18 916 13,260 475,076
6/19 1,113 15,629 491,818
6/20 823 11,302 503,943
6/21 399 8,180 512,522
6/22 23 7,187 519,732
6/23 340 9,348 529,420
6/24 769 12,039 542,228
6/25 1,058 13,547 556,833
6/26 459 12,449 569,741
6/27 820 14,058 584,619
6/28 185 7,342 592,146
6/29 0 12,360 604,506
6/30 264 11,681 616,451
7/1 462 13,072 629,985
7/2 871 13,809 644,665
7/3 409 13,584 658,658
7/4 207 14,206 673,071
7/5 32 5,619 678,722
7/6 0 5,891 684,613
7/7 227 7,376 692,216
7/8 508 13,420 706,144
7/9 1,148 18,056 725,348
7/10 457 15,601 741,406
7/11 504 14,231 756,141
7/12 111 11,899 768,151
7/13 30 8,857 777,038
7/14 223 12,181 789,442
7/15 480 14,294 804,216
7/16 693 14,034 818,943
7/17 693 15,850 835,486
7/18 391 16,390 852,267
7/19 97 13,940 866,304
7/20 0 9,505 875,809
7/21 329 11,926 888,064
7/22 686 15,759 904,509
7/23 1,060 15,674 921,243
7/24 783 17,250 939,276
7/25 432 15,801 955,509
7/26 282 13,250 969,041
7/27 18 9,351 978,410
7/28 344 13,155 991,909
7/29 659 14,145 1,006,713
7/30 1,060 15,560 1,023,333
7/31 508 14,482 1,038,323
8/1 273 14,877 1,053,473
8/2 444 15,321 1,069,238
8/3 13 8,047 1,077,298
8/4 276 11,631 1,089,205
8/5 763 14,176 1,104,144
8/6 693 15,202 1,120,039
8/7 41 17,690 1,137,770
8/8 755 19,243 1,157,768
8/9 330 12,351 1,170,449
8/10 22 6,284 1,176,755
8/11 75 10,874 1,187,704
8/12 506 14,254 1,202,464
8/13 474 16,145 1,219,083
8/14 318 16,786 1,236,187
8/15 114 16,553 1,252,854
8/16 77 12,632 1,265,563
8/17 316 7,052 1,272,931
8/18 424 34,321 1,307,676
8/19 344 13,473 1,321,493
8/20 542 18,244 1,340,279
8/21 370 16,330 1,356,979
8/22 186 16,532 1,373,697
8/23 287 12,014 1,385,998
8/24 36 8,822 1,394,856
8/25 402 10,595 1,405,853
8/26 360 20,812 1,427,025
8/27 460 15,859 1,443,344

Due to delays in deduplication of results data are subject to change.

More about testing data

Minnesota Case Overview

  • Total positive cases: 73,240
    • Number of health care workers: 8,088

Graph of confirmed cases of COVID-19 by specimen collection date, data in table below.

Positive cases by date specimen collected data table

More about positive cases

Patients no longer needing isolation

  • Patients no longer needing isolation: 65,204

Deaths

  • Deaths: 1,810
    • Deaths among cases that resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities: 1,333
  • Probable COVID-19 Deaths*: 49
    * COVID-19 listed on death certificate but a positive test not documented for the person.

Deaths of confirmed cases in Minnesota, data in table below

Deaths data table

Hospitalization

Total cases hospitalized: 6,357

  • Hospitalized as of today*: 301
    • Hospitalized in ICU as of today*: 137
      * Refer to “More about hospitalizations” for notes.

Minnesota COVID-19 hospitalizations, data in table below

Hospitalization data table

Case Demographics

Age

Age group data table:
Including age group of deaths

Gender

Gender data table

Race & Ethnicity

Race and ethnicity data table:
Including race and ethnicity of deaths

Likely Exposure

Likely exposure data table

Not all cases among health care workers have a likely exposure as health care staff.

Residence

Cases by County of Residence

County of residence is confirmed during the case interview. At the time of this posting not all interviews have been completed.

County of residence data table:
Including county of residence of deaths

Residence Type

Residence type data table

Weekly Report

This report includes more detailed information on testing, demographics, syndromic surveillance, and more. Updated every Thursday.

Care Facilities

Congregate Care Facilities with Exposures, by County


Other Statistics


Data in the data tables is correct as of 11 a.m. daily. Dynamic images and maps for case demographics, likely exposure, residence, and residence type will update shortly after 11 a.m. daily and will not work if your browser is in compatibility mode.