In the past week, the total of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Minnesota has hovered around a total of 400. The most recent report lists 41 people in ICUs and 360 hospitalized but not in an ICU.
More than 9,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Minnesota in the past week, and the deaths of 36 people were attributed to COVID-19. Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 have been near 400 for the past several weeks.
From a "particularly dangerous situation" severe thunderstorm watch in southwestern Minnesota and multiple tornado watches further north and east, intense storms left a path of damage across the state on Thursday.