Thunder Bay – COVID-19 Update – Thinking of a weekend in Duluth? Minnesota became the state with the highest COVID infection rate in the United States.
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID has surged 49% in the past twenty-four hours. Almost 60% of the patient in hospital are on ventilators.
The strain on hospitals across Minnesota has created a significant shortage of available beds everywhere in the state.
Case Overview
| Total number of fully vaccinated Minnesotans age 12 and older (as of the week beginning 10/17/21)* | 3,266,555 |
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| Number of vaccine breakthrough cases | Percent of fully vaccinated people | |
|---|---|---|
| Total cases | 83,933 | 2.569% |
| Total cases hospitalized** | 3,638 | 0.111% |
| Total deaths*** | 620 | 0.019% |