MINNESOTA REPORTS 403 NEW COVID-19 CASES AND 6 DEATHS

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

• Testing numbers show how many total tests have been done for people who live in Minnesota. Some people get tested more than once.
  • As of 6/5, testing data is reported per test to account for changes in testing capacity and for individuals who are tested more than once over the course of the pandemic.
• Due to civil unrest in St. Paul and surrounding areas, the MDH Public Health Lab was closed from 5/30 – 6/1. COVID-19 specimens were not accepted and no tests were run during this time. When possible, samples were re-routed to partner laboratories.
• Results from 4/29 and 6/3 included a backlog of tests loaded into our system. Previously we were not updating tests reported for past dates; going forward we will be updating that historical data.

• Positive cases are individual people who live in Minnesota that tested positive for COVID-19. People are only counted as a case once, even if multiple positive tests are recorded for a person.
  • As of 5/13, total case data is represented by the date of initial specimen collection.

• Patients no longer needing isolation represents individuals with confirmed COVID-19 who no longer need to self-isolate.
• As of 5/18 patients no longer needing isolation does not include those who have died.

• Deaths are for those who have died from COVID-19.
• Probable COVID-19 Deaths have COVID-19 listed on death certificate but a positive test not documented for the person. Because there was no positive test, these individuals are not included in total positive cases or total deaths from COVID-19.
• A death previously reported on 6/11 was removed on 6/20 due to data cleaning.
• A death previously reported on 5/6 was removed on 6/24 due to data cleaning.
• Deaths are represented by the date reported. This means our data will show no report for 7/4.

• Hospitalizations and ICU data was not collected on 7/3, therefore no hospitalizations are reported for 7/4.

• Travel: Case traveled outside of Minnesota in the 2 weeks before illness.
• Congregate Care Setting: Case lived, worked, or visited a long-term care facility (LTCF), assisted living facility, group home, or residential behavioral health (RBH) facility.
• Corrections: Case lived, worked, or visited a jail/prison setting.
• Homeless/Shelter: Case was experiencing homelessness, or lived or worked at a shelter.
• Health Care: Case worked in an acute care facility (hospital, clinic, detox) or was a patient in an acute care facility.
• Community (outbreak): Case is part of an outbreak not associated with a congregate care, corrections, shelter, or health care setting.
• Community (known contact with confirmed case): Case had known contact with confirmed case.
• Community (no known contact with confirmed case): Case had no known contact with confirmed case.
• Unknown/missing: Interview pending.

County of residence is confirmed during the case interview. At the time of this posting not all interviews have been completed. The county residence data may not equal the total number of reported positive cases.

• We will not release specific locations for any patients being tested in order to protect patient privacy.

Congregate care facilities listed below reported a COVID-19 exposure at the facility. Exposure is defined as a person diagnosed with COVID-19 who either visited, worked, or lived at a congregate care facility while they were contagious.