COVID-19 In Dakota County: Latest Stats On Exposures, Cases

DAKOTA COUNTY, MN — Seventeen people have died from coronavirus in Dakota County, according to the latest figures from the county and state health officials. More than 600 cases of the virus have been confirmed in the county.

Here are the latest statistics on COVID-19 in Dakota County:

• Total cases: 623
• 181 released from isolation
• Median case age: 43
  • Dakota County has had two cases of COVID-19 in children 5 or younger
• Cases ever hospitalized: 108

Dakota County COVID-19 cases by likely exposure:

• Community (contact with confirmed case): 10 percent
• Community (no known contact with confirmed case): 19 percent
• Travel: 6 percent
• Health care staff: 9 percent
• Congregate living center: 8 percent
• Unknown: 48 percent

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COVID-19 in Minnesota overall

Confirmed cases: 15,668

Total positive: 15,668

Number of health care workers: 1,811

Patients no longer needing isolation: 10,897

• Deaths: 722
  • Deaths among cases that resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities: 587

Total cases requiring hospitalization: 2,090

• Hospitalized as of Sunday: 487
• Hospitalized in ICU as of Sunday: 221

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