Today’s data showed the 7-day averages for cases and positivity rate ticking up.
I’m here to tell you: don’t panic!
These increases are not so much because of today’s data as because LAST Wednesday was abnormally low. The long-term trends are still hopeful.
Hospitalizations are both trending downward:
Basically: all the signs still point to continued decline in MN’s outbreak.
The big unanswered question: how brisk will the decline be? The past few days have been much slower than last week was.
We are seeing a noticeable (but still small) increase in booster shots in recent days.
With kids 5-11 about to be approved for the #COVID19 vaccine, here’s where Minnesota’s vaccination rates stand by age:
Just a few days left in October, and it seems clear this is going to be the slowest month for new first-dose vaccinations to date — even as a share of the slowly dwindling unvaccinated population.
(November will almost certainly beat October with a pending eligibility expansion)
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