Minnesota Covid-19 Update – Thursday, December 31st December 31, 2020 kdomadmin Local News 0 MN Covid-19 update – Thurs, Dec 31 data reported by 4pm the previous day. Positive Cases 400,958 +1,798. Health-care workers with positive cases 32,194 +226 Cases no longer needing isolation 397,080 +1,401. Active Cases 12,899 +733. Deaths 5,151 +51. Deaths at long-term care and assisted living 3,350 +33. Patients currently Hospitalized 895 -31. Cumulative 21,864 +116. Patients currently In ICU 196 -11. Cumulative 4,620 +23. Total Tests processed 5,351,379 +42,751. Number of people tested 2,972,804 +11,562. Counties: Brown+9(1,969), Cottonwood +3(1,142), Jackson+7(747), Martin+6(1,546), Murray+3(717), Nicollet+9(2,035), Nobles+5(3,467), Pipestone+5(845), Redwood+4(1,279), Rock+4(957), Watonwan+1(1,018). Two deaths in Nicollet (total 32). A death in Cottonwood (total 15). A death in Nobles (total 46).