Coronavirus: 1,000 People In Minnesota No Longer Need Isolation

MINNESOTA — More than 1,000 people in Minnesota have recovered from the new coronavirus and no longer need to isolate, health officials announced Thursday.

A total of 1,912 people in the state have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. Out of those, 1,020 are out of isolation.

As of April 16, 94 people have died from COIVD-19 in Minnesota.

Total cases requiring hospitalization: 475

• Hospitalized as of Thursday: 213
• Hospitalized in ICU as of Thursday: 103

For a list of Minnesota care facilities exposed to COIVD-19, click here.

More information about confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota:

Age

0-5 years: <1%
6-19 years: 2%
20-44 years: 34%
45-64 years: 34%
65+ years: 29%
Unknown/ missing: <1%

Gender

• 52% female, 48% male

Likely exposure

Travel: 22%
Congregate Living Setting (staff or resident): 24%
Health Care (staff): 13%
Community (known contact with confirmed case): 9%
Community (no known contact with confirmed case): 17%
Unknown/missing: 14%

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Residence type

Private residence: 70%
Long-term care facility: 12%
Long-term acute living: 0%
Assisted living: 4%
Homeless shelter: <1%
Jail/prison: 1%
College dorm: 0%
Other: 3%
Unknown/missing: 9%

Deaths by County of Residence

• Brown :1
• Chisago: 1
• Clay: 1
• Dakota: 4
• Hennepin: 52
• Martin: 4
• Nicollet: 1
• Olmsted: 2
• Ramsey: 9
• Scott: 1
• St. Louis: 6
• Washington: 3
• Wilkin: 2
• Winona: 6
• Wright: 1

Deaths by race

• White: 79%
• Black: 3%
• Asian: 1%
• Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander: 0%
• American Indian/ Alaska Native: 1%
• Other: 0%
• Unknown/missing: 16%

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