Cases of COVID-19 in Midwestern Minnesota are an additional inch higher-Midwestern Tribune

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— The number of COVID-19 cases in the Midwestern Minnesota continues to grow, with 342 reported in the past week, up from 200 a week ago.

Of this week’s total, 192 were reported in Stearns County and 47 were reported in Kandiyohi County. This is the most populous county of the 11 counties tracked by the West Central Tribune.

One death in the area was reported this week: a 55-59 year old in Big Stone County.

In

Status update

from

Minnesota Health Ministry

The state reported five newly reported deaths and 1,979 new cases on Friday. The report is released 5 days a week at 11:00 am and includes cases reported as of 4 am on the previous business day.

The state’s cumulative number of cases is currently 1,452,547, including a total of 1,387,069 positive tests and 65,478 reinfections. The state reports the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 again more than 90 days after the positive test confirmed in the first laboratory.

The number of cases reported in the latest health department information is tentative and reflects the positive test results reported to the state. Home test results are not included.

The state’s current total death toll from COVID-19 is currently 12,508, including 16 more deaths than it was a week ago. Of that total, 5,715 deaths, 46%, occur in long-term care or life support facilities.

In that report

Response ability

To the pandemic, the Ministry of Health reported that as of Thursday, 22 COVID-19-infected persons had been infected in the state-wide ICU and 254 COVID-19-infected persons had not been hospitalized in the ICU.

The state also reports the admission capacity of adult and pediatric beds. Of the eight pediatric ICU units in the state, one reported zero staffed beds available. Of the 36 hospitals reported by the non-ICU pediatric unit, 15 (42%) said unstaffed non-ICU pediatric beds were available.

Of the 68 adult ICUs reported, 29 (43%) said they had zero staff beds available. Of the 130 non-ICU hospitals reporting, 33 (25%) said they had zero beds.

The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths of residents confirmed to live in local counties since the beginning of the pandemic are as follows.

• Big stone county

  : 1,406 cases; 9 people died

• Chippewa County

  : 3,092 cases; 48 people died

• Kandiyohi County

  : 13,483 cases; 139 people died

• Talking Lake County

  : 1,750; 29 dead

• Meeker County

  : 5,964 cases; 75 people died

• Pope County

  : 3,051 cases; 17 people died

• Redwood County

  : 3,950; 53 dead

• Renville County

  : 3,752 cases; 56 deaths

• Stearns County

  : 51,131 cases; 367 deaths

• Swift County

  : 2,299; 33 people died

• Yellow Medicine County

  : 2,544 cases; 29 deaths

The status is also a report

Daily vaccination

Numbers. As of Friday’s report, 3,907,054 Minnesotans had been vaccinated at least once, and 3,700,291 had completed the vaccine series across the state. The number of people listed to keep the vaccine up to date means they have received booster shots, which is 2,558,105.

According to figures available on Friday, the percentage of individuals over the age of 5 who received at least one COVID-19 vaccine in a local county is:

• Big stone: 66.4%
• Chippewa: 62.7%
• Kandy Yohi: 61.9%
• Talking Lake: 65.2%
• Meaker: 54.6%
• Pope: 62.5%
• Redwood: 60.4%
• Renville: 59.8%
• Stearns: 60.9%
• Swift: 62.3%
• Yellow Medicine: 58.5%

The vaccine data web page is updated at 11:00 am on weekdays, but there is a delay between the time the vaccine is given and the time it is reported to the Minnesota Department of Health.
The state will release an updated list of school buildings that reported five or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in students or staff who were in the building during the two-week reporting period. .. There are no local school buildings on the list this week.

The school buildings listed may not be continuously transmitted. If they do not report a new case for 28 days, they will be removed from the list. In the future, if more than 5 cases are reported again, they will be listed again.

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