Minnesota Department of Health WEEKLY COVID-19 REPORT 5/13/2021 This MDH Weekly COVID-19 Report presents data in an easy to interpret way and enhances the information provided in the daily Situation Update for COVID-19 web page with trends and situational insights as well as trends over time. Minnesota Situation Update for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html) updated daily at 11 a.m. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/) Neighboring states’ COVID-19 information: • Wisconsin: COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease) (https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/) • Iowa: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (https://idph.iowa.gov/Emerging-Health-Issues/Novel-Coronavirus) • North Dakota: Coronavirus (https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/) • South Dakota: Novel Coronavirus Updates and Information (https://doh.sd.gov/news/Coronavirus.aspx) Minnesota Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 Report: Updated 5/13/2021 with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day. Page 1 Contents About Minnesota About Minnesota COVID-19 Data ............................................ 2 Cases among Health Care Workers ..........................................32 High Risk Exposures in Health Care Workers .....................33 COVID-19 Overview Summary .................................................. 3 COVID-19 Data Potential Exposure in Child Care Settings ...............................34 Laboratory Tests for COVID-19 ..................................................4 Data is for cases that were tested and returned Number of Tests and Percent Positive by Week ................... 5 Cases Associated with PK - Grade 12 School Buildings .........35 Laboratory Test Rates by County of Residence .................... 6 PreK-12 School Buildings Reporting Cases .........................36 positive. Many people with COVID-19 are not Percent of Tests Positive by County of Residence ................7 tested, so the cases in this report represent Weekly Percent of Tests Positive by County of Residence ..8 Cases that have an Affiliation with only a fraction of the total number of people in Testing Demographics: Age ..................................................... 9 Institutes of Higher Education (IHE) ........................................37 Minnesota who have had COVID-19. Testing Demographics: Gender ............................................. 10 Minnesota IHE Facilities Reporting Cases ..........................38 • The COVID-19 case definition now includes Positive COVID-19 Cases ...........................................................11 Cases Associated with Congregate Care Settings ..................39 both polymerase chain reaction (PCR) New Cases by Week, 7-Day Average ....................................12 Congregate Care Facility Outbreaks ................................... 40 testing and antigen testing. Positive PCR test results are considered confirmed cases. Cases by County of Residence ...................................................13 Response Metrics: Testing and Interview Timing ......................41 Cumulative Case Rate by County of Residence ..................14 Positive antigen test results are considered Weekly Case Rate by County of Residence .........................15 Syndromic Surveillance ...............................................................42 probable cases. All data is preliminary and may change as cases Hospitalizations, ICU Hospitalizations .......................................16 are investigated. Hospitalizations by Week, 7-Day Average ............................17 ICU Hospitalizations by Week, 7-Day Average ...................18 • Many data points are collected during case interviews. Data presented below is for all COVID-19 Deaths .......................................................................19 cases, regardless of interview status. Data Deaths by Week, 7-Day Average ......................................... 20 for cases pending interview may be listed as Deaths by County of Residence ...........................................21 “unknown/missing”. Demographics: Age .....................................................................22 Weekly data is reported by MMWR week, which Cases by Age Group and Specimen Collection Date .........23 is the week of the year assigned by the National Demographics: Gender ...............................................................24 Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System for the purposes of disease reporting and publishing. Demographics: Race & Ethnicity ..............................................25 Numbers listed as cumulative total are Age-Adjusted Race & Ethnicity Rates .................................26 cumulative since Jan. 20, 2020 for confirmed Demographics: Interview Language .......................................... 27 (PCR) tests and cases, and since Sept. 1, 2020 for Interview Language by County of Residence .......................28 probable (antigen) tests and cases. Likely Exposure ............................................................................29 More information on the MN Phases of Reopening can be Cases by Likely Exposure, Specimen Collection Date ..... 30 found in the Minnesota’s Stay Safe Plan (https://mn.gov/ covid19/stay-safe/stay-safe-plan/index.jsp) Phase 3+ Residence Type .............................................................................31 includes: Phase 3 with mask mandate (starting 7/25), Phase 3 with mask mandate and changes in social gathering limits (starting 11/13), “Dial back to save lives” (starting 11/20), “Safely reopening pools...” (starting 1/4), and “Protecting recent progress and cautiously resuming certain activities” (starting 1/10). health.mn.gov/coronavirus Minnesota Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 Report: Updated 5/13/2021 with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day. Page 2 COVID-19 Overview Summary 9,590,371 Total Laboratory Tests (cumulative) 8,831,725 758,646 Total PCR Tests Total Antigen Tests (cumulative) (cumulative) 591,445 Total Positive Cases (cumulative) 549,967 41,478 Total Confirmed Cases (PCR positive) Total Probable Cases (Antigen positive) (cumulative) (cumulative) 31,241 6,356 7,274 574,208 Total Hospitalizations Total ICU Hospitalizations Total Deaths Total No Longer Needing Isolation (cumulative) (cumulative) (cumulative) (cumulative) Minnesota Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 Report: Updated 5/13/2021 with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day. Page 3 Laboratory Tests for COVID-19 9,590,371 Testing numbers show how many total tests have been done for people who live in Minnesota. Some people get tested more than Total Laboratory Tests (cumulative) once. Tests are reported per test to account for changes in testing capacity and for individuals who are tested more than once over the course of the pandemic. Total laboratory tests includes both PCR and antigen tests. Tests are reported by the date the test was run in the laboratory. Current data: Minnesota Situation Update for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html) Minnesota Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 Report: Updated 5/13/2021 with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day. 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Percent positive1 1 is the1 percent1 of positive tests from the total number of tests. 45 Week of Date Number of Weekly PCR Tests Number of Weekly Antigen Tests Percent of All Tests Positive Percent of PCR Tests Positive Percent of Antigen Tests Positive Due to delays in deduplication of results March 1, 2020 114 1.8% 1.8% March 8, 2020 2,808 3.3% 3.3% March 15, 2020 9,228 Percent of All Tests Posi�ve 2.5% 2.5% Number of Weekly PCR Tests March 22, 2020 9,532 3.9% 3.9% data are subject to change. March 29, 2020 10,757 4.6% 4.6% April 5, 2020 10,352 Percent of PCR Tests Posi�ve 7.1% 7.1% Number of Weekly An�gen Tests April 12, 2020 10,760 10.2% 10.2% April 19, 2020 4017,5850,000 14.1% 14.1% 40 April 26, 2020 28,516 Percent of An�gen Tests Posi�14.3%ve 14.3% May 3, 2020 37,097 12.2% 12.2% May 10, 2020 48,704 9.8% 9.8% May 17, 2020 57,218 9.8% 9.8% May 24, 2020 60,782 6.6% 6.6% May 31, 2020 69,840 4.9% 4.9% June 7, 2020 Sou84,507rce: MDH analysis of an�gen and PCR COVID-19 tes�ng for 3.4%MN residents. Data is reported3.4% at the test level using the specimen date. Percent of posi�ve tests is the percentage of tests posi�ve out June 14, 2020 85,376 3.4% 3.4% June 21, 2020 94,585 3.7% 3.7% June 28, 2020 of t85,517he total number of tests for the week. Currently, lines for Pe4.4%rcent of All Tests Posi�ve and4.4% Percent of PCR Tests Posi�ve are indis�nguishable due to the similar