Situation Update for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
If you are a health professional evaluating a patient for suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), please see Evaluating and Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Current situation
- Health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) are monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness, called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.
- Cases of COVID-19 are also being reported in a growing number of countries internationally, including the United States, where the first case of COVID-19 was detected in a traveler returning from Wuhan on Jan. 21, 2020.
Minnesota Case Information
The number of positive tests among Minnesota residents and the approximate number of patients tested for COVID-19 in Minnesota will be updated Monday through Friday with test results from the previous day.
Patients tested
As of March 11, 2020
| Positive | 5 |
| Approximate number of patients tested | 222 |
Numbers are cumulative since Jan. 20, 2020. We will not release specific locations for any patients being tested in order to protect patient privacy.
For more information about the outbreak, potential risks, and protective recommendations, see CDC: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
