Coronavirus: 19 More Die In Minnesota, Breaking Single-Day Record

MINNESOTA — Nineteen more people have died from the new coronavirus, the Minnesota Department of Health announced Wednesday, breaking the previous single-day increase of deaths from the virus.

The state's death toll from COVID-19 is now at 179.

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Testing

Total approximate number of completed tests: 49,344

• Total approximate number of completed tests from the MDH Public Health Lab: 10,508
• Total approximate number of completed tests from external laboratories: 38,836

Total positive: 2,721

Patients no longer needing isolation: 1,317

Total cases requiring hospitalization: 660

• Hospitalized as of Wednesday: 240
• Hospitalized in ICU as of Wednesday 107

Gender

• 51% female, 49% male

Likely Exposure

Travel: 16%
Congregate Living Setting (staff or resident): 28%
Health Care (staff): 11%
Community (known contact with confirmed case): 10%
Community (no known contact with confirmed case): 18%
Unknown/missing: 17%

Residency type

Private residence: 64%
Long-term care facility/Assisted living: 20%
Homeless shelter: <1%
Jail/prison: 1%
Residential behavioral health: 4%
Other: 1%
Unknown/missing: 10%

Age range

0-5 years: 1%
6-19 years: 2%
20-44 years: 34%
45-64 years: 32%
65+ years: 31%
Unknown/ missing: <1%

Deaths

Toll: 179

Deaths by race

White: 75%
Black: 6%
Asian: 1%
Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander: 0%
American Indian/ Alaska Native: 2%
Other: 1%
Unknown/missing: 16%

Deaths by county

Anoka: 2

Brown: 1

Chisago: 1

Clay: 3

Dakota: 6

Hennepin: 113

Martin: 4

Mille Lacs: 1

Nicollet: 2

Nobles: 1

Olmsted: 4

Ramsey: 11

Rice: 1

Scott: 1

St. Louis: 10

Washington: 5

Wilkin: 2

Winona: 10

Wright: 1

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