Seven of eight

Seven of the eight COVID-19 deaths reported today in Minnesota were from long-term care facilities. Seven of the eight were in Hennepin (three) and Ramsey (four) counties.

For Stearns County, 30 new COVID cases were reported. This is in line with what's been reported this week.

Number of new COVID cases in Stearns County:

Monday, June 29 - 28

Tuesday, June 30 - 36

Wednesday, July 1 - 17

Thursday, July 2 - 25

Friday, July 3 - 30

Minnesota reported a statewide total of 423 new COVID cases today. That is on a large testing volume of 14,653. If you do the math on that, it brings a 2.8 percent positive case count, which is the lowest I've seen in the past two weeks.

Kandiyohi County reported four new COVID cases today. In Douglas County, they reported one new COVID case. 

Pope, Stevens, Swift and Todd counties all added no new COVID cases for the past 24-hour reporting period that ended at 4 p.m. yesterday.

Statewide, there are 270* COVID-19 patients currently in hospitals, 132 of them being treated in ICUs. This marks an increase from yesterday, when Minnesota reported 123 COVID patients being treated in ICU. 
*Total hospitalization was 274 yesterday.

Also, the Minnesota Department of Health is also reporting that 32,347 of the state's reported positive cases no longer need to self-isolate. So far in Minnesota, there have been approximately 645,172 completed tests since Jan. 20.