The Minnesota Health Department has released the latest COVID-19 related numbers for Tuesday, April 5. The state is reporting 455 deaths, 368 in long term facilities. Norman County is the only northwest Minnesota county that reported a new positive test for a total of nine. Polk County is still at 42 positive cases. All the information is below –
Data is for cases that were tested and returned positive. Numbers are cumulative since Jan. 20, 2020. All data are preliminary and may change as cases are investigated. Many data points are collected during case interviews. Data presented below are 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.
Updated May 5, 2020.
Updated daily at 11 a.m., with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day.
Data for April 12 was as of 8 p.m. the previous day.
Dates provided are those when the case, hospitalization, or death was first posted in this situation report.
Testing
Total approximate number of completed tests: 88,009
- Total approximate number of completed tests from the MDH Public Health Lab: 13,472
- Total approximate number of completed tests from external laboratories: 74,537
Testing data table
Minnesota Case Overview
Total positive: 7,851
Positive case data table
- Patients no longer needing isolation: 4,614
No longer needing isolation data table
Patients no longer needing isolation represents individuals with confirmed COVID-19 who no longer need to self-isolate, including those who have died.
- Deaths: 455
- Deaths among cases that resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities: 368
Deaths data table
Hospitalization
Total cases requiring hospitalization: 1,350
- Hospitalized as of today: 434
- Hospitalized in ICU as of today: 182
Hospitalization data table
Case Demographics
Age
Age group data table:
Including age group of deaths
More age data: Age median and range (all cases, non-hospitalized, hospitalized and deaths)
Gender
- 48% female, 49% male, <1% other, 3% unknown/missing
Percentages have been rounded.
Race & Ethnicity
Race and ethnicity data table:
Including race and ethnicity of deaths
Health care
- Number of health care workers: 1,088
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. The county residence data may not equal the total number of reported positive cases.
County of residence data table:
Including county of residence of deaths
More about location data
How to use the interactive map
Residence Type
Residence type data table
Care Facilities
Congregate Care Facilities with Exposures, by County
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