New COVID-19 cases in west central Minnesota were lower in most recent state update

WILLMAR

— The variety of confirmed COVID-19 circumstances and associated loss of life decreased in late October and early November, in accordance with the

weekly scenario replace

launched Thursday by the Minnesota Division of Well being.

Within the 11 counties tracked by the West Central Tribune, 348 new circumstances and two deaths had been reported. The very best totals had been 189 new circumstances in Stearns County and 33 new circumstances in Meeker County.

Two deaths associated to COVID-19 had been reported in Stearns County.

The report launched Thursday covers COVID-19 exercise from Oct. 30 by Nov. 5.

The state’s report of latest circumstances is an undercount, as a result of at-home take a look at outcomes usually are not included.

In west central Minnesota, 21 individuals from space counties had been hospitalized — 17 from Stearns County, two from Kandiyohi County and one every from Redwood and Meeker counties.

In all circumstances, the numbers within the updates are preliminary and will change as extra info is acquired.

The state’s present complete of deaths attributed to COVID-19 is 13,559, a rise of 58 from final week’s report.

New circumstances reported final week:

• Massive Stone, 20
• Chippewa, 5
• Kandiyohi, 27
• Lac qui Parle, 5
• Meeker, 33
• Pope, 19
• Redwood, 17
• Renville, 7
• Stearns, 189
• Swift, 11
• Yellow Medication, 15

The state’s cumulative variety of circumstances is now 1,696,286, together with reinfections. New circumstances prior to now week totaled 5,200.
Individuals who have examined constructive for COVID-19 once more greater than 90 days after an preliminary lab-confirmed constructive take a look at are thought of to have a reinfection.

The state reported 480 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19, as of Nov. 8. That features 419 individuals hospitalized in medical models and one other 61 in intensive care models. The full variety of individuals in hospitals is roughly the identical as within the earlier week, however the quantity in ICUs is increased.

As of Nov. 8, 3,996,684 Minnesotans, 71.8%, have acquired no less than one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and three,758,073 of the state’s inhabitants, 67.6%, have accomplished the vaccine sequence statewide.

The variety of individuals listed as up-to-date with their vaccines, which means they’ve had beneficial booster photographs, is 841,235, which is 15.1% of the state’s inhabitants.

In June 2022, the division started offering a weekly replace, changing the every day updates that started in spring 2020. The updates are launched every Thursday at 11 a.m. and embody knowledge acquired as of 4 a.m. the previous Tuesday. When the report refers to numbers from final week, it refers to info gathered from Sunday by Saturday the week earlier than the data is launched.