It’s a Tuesday, which means low reported #COVID19 testing volume due to weekend delays — half what we had just two days ago.
New cases were down, too, but not by nearly so much. More signs that cases are actually growing, rather than being an artifact of expanded testing.
New cases were down, too, but not by nearly so much. More signs that cases are actually growing, rather than being an artifact of expanded testing.
With tests down a lot and cases down a little, the daily positivity rate shot up. Don’t panic quite yet — as you can see, we sometimes get these one-day flukey spikes. But the overall trend was already up here…
The worst sign in today’s data: A record number of newly reported #COVID19 hospital admissions.
Single-digit #COVID19 deaths today, but the trend line remains elevated:
A clear upward trend in the number of #COVID19 deaths in nursing homes. Not yet at levels we saw in May, but the rate is higher than we’ve seen in months.
Though newly reported cases declined today, that decline was concentrated in the metro area. Cases continue to boom in central and northern Minnesota. Watch to see if this divergence continues — could be a fluke.
Meanwhile central and northern Minnesota are also seeing a spike in #COVID19 deaths:
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