Minnesota’s COVID-19 update for the week ending Tuesday, July 5

The newest COVID-19 figures, which at the moment are being reportedly weekly in Minnesota, have been launched.

The Minnesota Division of Well being has shifted to reporting COVID information each Thursday, when it releases figures for the seven day interval as much as 4 a.m. the previous Tuesday.

The 7-day transferring common means that regardless of the onset of the BA.5 variant of Omicron, believed to be essentially the most transmissible variant of COVID-19 but, there’s not been a big rise in instances in Minnesota, the place instances charges have been comparatively steady in June because the newest mini-peak in early Might.

Hospitalizations and deaths have been equally steady.

Instances:

Hospitalizations:

Deaths:

This is a take a look at the info for the 7 days ending at 4 a.m., Tuesday, July 5:

New constructive instances: 8,065 (common 1,152 per day), although low figures for July 4 and 5 counsel a lag over vacation weekend.

Present COVID hospitalizations: 383 in whole: 43 in ICU, 340 non-ICU.

New deaths from COVID: 31.

Complete deaths from COVID: 12,837 (324 of that are non-lab confirmed).