What health officials have learned about COVID-19 deaths in Minnesota

As of Tuesday, medical records of 146 of 405 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Minnesota have been evaluated.

Seventy-nine people in Minnesota have been confirmed to have died from complications due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2).

It’s only been a little more than three weeks since the first death was reported by state health officials on March 21, but they are beginning to find some commonalities in fatal cases.

Kris Ehresmann, director of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division at the Minnesota Department of Health, said Tuesday that they are in the process of doing an in-depth, Minnesota-specific evaluation of COVID-19 deaths.  Continue reading.