(KNSI) – The Minnesota Department of Health reports 1,912 new COVID-19 cases and six new deaths from the disease on Friday. That brings Minnesota’s cumulative COVID death count to 7,799.
New positive cases reported today include 157 found around the five-county St. Cloud area: 11 in Benton, 14 in Morrison, 35 in Sherburne, 41 in Stearns and 56 in Wright.
The state processed 37,424 COVID tests on Thursday, with 5.1 percent of those tests returning positive results.
A growing number of Minnesotans are being hospitalized for COVID. The latest data from the MDH shows 590 Minnesotans are in the hospital due to COVID; 166 are receiving intensive care.
Meanwhile, Minnesota is just shy of having 3.3 million residents who have gotten at least one COVID vaccine shot. At a total of 3,299,990 people with at least one vaccine dose, that’s 59.3 percent of the state’s total population and 70.2 percent of Minnesotans age 12 and older.
Percent of the 12+ population vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one dose:
- State of Minnesota: 70.2
- Benton County: 52
- Morrison County: 48
- Sherburne County: 54
- Stearns County: 53
- Wright County: 59
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