More than 105,000 have received both vaccine doses in Minnesota, over 1,100 vaccinated in Cook County
Jan 31, 2021 06:33AM ● By Editor
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From KARE 11 News, MN Dept. of Health and Boreal Community Media - January 30, 2021
Minnesota is ending January with a new milestone: more than 100,000 people in the state have completed their series of COVID-19 vaccine doses. In Cook County as of Thursday, 1,109 vaccines or 20.9% of the population have received their first doses with 182 people completing the series.
According to the Minnesota Department of Health's latest data, a total of 105,361 people have received both doses. A total of 381,204 have received at least one dose. As there is a several-day delay in releasing vaccination numbers, these totals are from Jan. 28, but were reported Saturday morning.
You can view Minnesota's vaccine dashboard here.
Also on Saturday, state officials said thousands of Minnesotans received a message stating that their COVID-19 appointments were canceled. According to MDH, those who received the message in error were notified that their appointments were still scheduled.
The software vendor that runs Minnesota's online vaccination scheduling program released a statement apologizing for the error, adding that it took full responsibility.
MDH's COVID-19 case definition includes both antigen testing and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. Positive PCR test results are considered confirmed cases, while positive antigen test results are considered probable cases.
The new case total includes 933 confirmed cases and 154 probable cases.
The total number of Minnesotans who have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began is now 460,819, with 19,880 of those as antigen test results.
MDH says 19 new deaths from the virus were reported. That pushes the total number of fatalities in Minnesota to 6,187.
To date, 24,269 Minnesotans have been hospitalized with the coronavirus since the pandemic started, with 5,034 of them needing care in the ICU.
MDH reports that 444,782 people once diagnosed with the virus have passed the point where they are required to isolate.
Of those who have tested positive, people between the ages of 20-24 account for the most cases with 46,363 cases and three deaths, and ages 25-29 follow with 41,454 cases and six deaths. Those between 85 and 89 years old account for the highest number of fatalities in one age group with 1,182 out of 6,038 diagnosed cases.
In terms of likely exposure to the coronavirus, MDH says 100,410 cases were the result of community transmission with no known contact with an infected person, and 93,330 had known contact with a person who has a confirmed case.
A total of 37,986 cases involved exposure in a congregate living setting,
7,833 were in a corrections setting, and 982 were in a homeless shelter. MDH data shows 18,131 were linked to an outbreak outside of congregate living or health care.
MDH says 31,193 cases were linked to travel. Health care workers or patients account for 13,997 diagnosed COVID-19 cases. The source of transmission for 156,957 cases is still unknown or missing.
MDH has prioritized testing for people in congregate care, hospitalized patients and health care workers, which may impact the scale of those numbers. However, now MDH is urging anyone who is symptomatic or even asymptomatic to be tested. Testing locations can be found online.
Hennepin County has had the most COVID activity in the state with 95,579 cases and 1,526 deaths, followed by Ramsey County with 41,132 cases and 762 deaths, Dakota County with 34,045 cases and 361 deaths, and Anoka County with 31,709 cases and 371 deaths.
Full data, including a breakdown of PCR and antigen test totals in some categories, can be found on MDH's website.
The Minnesota Department of Health has said repeatedly that the number of lab-confirmed cases is only the "tip of the iceberg" when it comes to the true number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
The state of Minnesota has set up a data portal at mn.gov/covid19.
To see more COVID-19 reporting, follow this link to the KARE 11 News website. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/live-updates-covid-19-developments-in-minneso...
