Forty residents were relocated from Meridian Manor, a 50-bed assisted-living facility in Wayzata, based on recommendations from state and local officials, the Health Department said in a statement to the Star Tribune.
Most staff members and administrators also fell ill, the state said, and were unable to care for residents, according to the Star Tribune.
According to KSTP, five residents were taken to a nearby hospital, and others were either relocated with family or moved to another long-term care facility nearby.
The exact number of confirmed cases at Meridian Manor is unknown.
KSTP also reports that according to MDH statistics, 26 percent of all Covid-19 infections in the state most likely occurred in congregate living facilities, and more than 80 such facilities across the state have reported exposures in either a resident, staff member or a contractor.
Meridian Manor said residents began testing positive for Covid-19 at the hospital on April 7, according to the Star Tribune. The facility then tested all residents; as of Saturday, 18 had tested positive. On Friday, one resident died because of complications from Covid-19, the facility said.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Meridian Manor community, our residents and their families,” Torsten Hirche, president of the facility’s parent company, said in the statement.
Eighty-seven residents of long-term care facilities in Minnesota have died from Covid-19, accounting for more than two-thirds of the statewide death total, according to the Star Tribune.
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