ST PAUL, Minn. — Tuesday, June 2
- Fewest daily COVID-19 tests in nearly a month
- MDH Commissioner urges face masks, social distancing at protests
- African American, Hispanic communities disproportionately hit by COVID in Minnesota
- Concerns over COVID-19, safety behind transfer of former officer Derek Chauvin to Oak Park Heights prison
11 a.m.
New numbers reported Monday by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) show the number of COVID-19 cases in the state has surpassed the 25,000 threshold.
MDH says 316 more people tested positive over the past 24-hour reporting period, bringing to 25,208 the number of those diagnosed with the coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic. Only 6,073 tests were processed in the past day, partly due to the fact that state laboratories in St. Paul are closed and not accepting samples due to unrest following the death of George Floyd.
Ten more people have died from COVID-19, bringing the state total to 1,050.
Currently, 549 people are hospitalized with the virus, 253 of them with symptoms serious enough to require treatment in the ICU. Since the pandemic hit Minnesota, 3,086 people have required hospitalization.
The number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus who have now recovered enough to no longer require isolation has increased to 19,441.
