
Minnesota’s COVID-19 update for Thursday, March 17th
Thursday’s COVID-19 update from the Minnesota Department of Health includes 470 recently reported cases and 10 recently reported deaths. The state’s COVID-19 death toll is now 12,312.
Today’s update includes case data reported over a 24-hour period ending at 1 p.m. 4 Wednesday, March 16th.
Minnesota’s test positivity rate on a 7-day moving average (through March 9) was 3.1%, after being as high as 23.7% on January 21. Everything above 10% places Minnesota in the high-risk threshold for coronavirus community transmission.
Admissions
Up to and including March 16, the number of people with COVID-19 hospitalized in Minnesota was 263 – a decrease from the 288 reported on March 15. ICU care (down from 248).
Vaccine, booster statistics
Pr. On March 13, the state reported that 3,887,607 people had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 3,674,568 people had completed the vaccine series. There are 2,544,291 residents of Minnesota who are “up to date” with their vaccine shots, which include boosters.
Percentage of Minnesota population with at least one shot based on age group:
- 5-11: 41%
- 12-15: 66%
- 16-17: 69%
- 18-49: 73%
- 50-64: 80%
- 65+: 97%
- Total population: 69.9%
The percentage of Minnesota’s population that has completed the vaccine series, based on age group:
- 5-11: 37%
- 12-15: 62%
- 16-17: 65%
- 18-49: 68%
- 50-64: 78%
- 65+: 93%
- Total population: 66.0%
Coronavirus in Minnesota by the numbers
- Total tests: 19,101,822 (up from 19,078,602)
- People with at least 1 vaccine shot: 3,887,607 (up from 3,887,121)
- People who have completed vaccine series: 3,674,568 (up from 3,673,633)
- People who have been updated with their vaccine series (incl. Boosters): 2,544,291
- Positive cases: 1,424,107 (up from 1,423,683)
- Re-infection cases: 62.322
- Deaths: Deaths: 12,312 – 210 of them are * non-laboratory certified * (up from 12,302)
- Patients who no longer need isolation: 1,408,424 (up from 1,408,191)
* Non-laboratory confirmed deaths are that patients have COVID-19 listed on the death certificate but no documented positive laboratory test for SARS-CoV-2.