ST. PAUL, MINN. -The Minnesota Department of Health Sunday reported 2,714 new cases of COVID-19 and 53 more deaths.
The latest update from the Department of Health combines the numbers from Friday and Saturday, as data wasn’t posted over the New Year’s Day holiday. The updated data shows the state’s total COVID-19 case count stands at 420,544 while the death toll has climbed to 5,430.
In the most recent number of fatalities, 35 were residents in long-term care facilities. About 65% of Minnesota’s COVID-19 deaths, thus far are those in the long-term facilities.
In the past month, Minnesota’s seven-day rolling average positivity rate dropped from 13% to 5%.
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