Recent #COVID19 data suggest’s MN’s recent explosive growth in cases might have hit a plateau. Newly reported cases have averaged just over 1,500/day for a week now. The positivity rate has also flattened out.
No guarantee this will continue, though.
No guarantee this will continue, though.
Zooming in, case growth has flattened or begun to decline recently in just about all parts of Minnesota EXCEPT the northwest, where cases continue to rise ceaselessly. (Also maybe the metro suburbs, to a much smaller degree.)
Again, all trends continue until they don’t.
Again, all trends continue until they don’t.
New #COVID19 hospitalizations continue to rise, though. This could mean the plateauing of new cases is an illusion. It could mean the infected population is shifting to more vulnerable groups. Or it could be that hospitalizations are just a trailing indicator.
New #COVID19 deaths dipped today, both day-over-day and week-over-week. But they remain at a very elevated level — an average of 16/day, and one day of data doesn’t mean much, especially after a weekend.
New #COVID19 deaths continue to happen disproportionately in central Minnesota, which has also been reporting the most new cases for some time.
No big change over the last few days in the age structure of Minnesota’s new #COVID19 cases. A little dip in 50-somethings, which could be interesting if it persists.
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