COVID-19 case reports for Tuesday, June 23

Today's COVID-19 case report in Minnesota shows just 245 new cases added and nine additional deaths, all but two in the Metro Area, and the two not there coming from Goodhue and Wright counties. Seven of the nine deaths came from the ages of between 80 and 100. One was reported in the age category of 60 to 69, and one from the category of 50 to 59.

Kandiyohi County reports one new COVID-19 case, with Stearns County reporting two new cases. Todd County added two cases, while Pope and Swift counties added no new cases. Douglas County also added no new cases. 

Altogether, the 245 new COVID-19 cases came from a testing volume of 7,261 tests in the latest reporting period that ended at 4 p.m. on Monday. This equates to a 3.4 percent positive rate.

Ramsey (42 cases) and Hennepin (65 cases) continued adding the biggest case counts to Minnesota's COVID-19 totals.

In terms of ICU hospitalizations, which is one of the single most important figures in the entire discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota has 158 residents hospitalized in ICU. This is up from 156 yesterday but still far below a point where state officials would be concerned about capacity to provide care to those in need.