ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota health officials reported 2,387 new cases of COVID-19 and 48 additional deaths Friday.
The Minnesota Department of Health has reported 431,944 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the first infection was reported in the state in March. About 95% of those cases have recovered to the point where they no longer require isolation. A total of 5,620 people in Minnesota have died from the disease so far.
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The newly reported cases were on a volume of 43,684 tests—a positivity rate of 5.5%, a sign that testing is rebounding after a lull from the holiday.
Of 48 deaths reported on Friday, 30 of the people who died were residents of long-term care and assisted living facilities or a group home.
The deaths included one person from Scott County in their early 30s, however, the majority of the deaths were among people 60 and older.
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Currently, there 130 people in the ICU hospitalized due to COVID-19. Approximately 7% of staffed ICU beds in the Twin Cities metro are currently available.
As of Friday, there have been a total of 104,226 vaccines have been administered in Minnesota, according to MDH data. However, state health officials explained that the real-time vaccine numbers are higher than the numbers posted online due to delays in the reporting process.