Thursday's COVID-19 update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 551 new cases and three new deaths.
The state's death toll is 7,663 since the start of the pandemic. Of the total deaths, 58.7% (4,502) were residents of long-term care.
As of July 27, the state reported that 3,146,721 (an increase of nearly 7,000 from Wednesday) people have received at least 1 dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 2,989,960 people have completed their vaccine series.