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23 more patients have been admitted to a hospital.

Three more deaths are included, but the main focus of the report is a new method for reporting hospitalizations.

Hospital numbers are increasing this week.

All data is as of 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, according to the state health department.

Cases continue to rise but hospitalizations remain fairly steady.

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 remains fairly steady.

Seven more deaths in Wednesday's report.

Hospitalizations remain at their lowest levels since mid-April.

It was mid-April the last time Minnesota's COVID-19 hospitalizations were this low.

Saturday's data includes all statistics reported to the MDH through 4 p.m. Friday.

There have been 28 newly reported deaths in the past two days.

The 15 deaths are the most in a single reporting period since Aug. 19 (17).

Seven deaths are included in the newest report.

There are currently 257 COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

The death toll is now at 1,860 in Minnesota.

All four of the newly reported deaths were patients in their 80s.

Minnesota is nearing 80,000 total cases since the start of the pandemic.

It is the lowest number of hospitalized patients since July 27.

The test positivity rates in daily update are lower than they have been in recent days.

1,340 of Minnesota's 1,823 deaths were residents of long-term care facilities.

The test positivity rate continues to increase in Minnesota.

Minnesota has topped 75,000 total cases since March 6.

All data represents what has been released to the MDH through 4 p.m. Friday.

Deaths fell after 13 on Thursday, with hospitalizations also down.