A month ago Minnesota had never reported more than 2,000 new #COVID19 cases in a day. Two weeks ago it had never reported more than 3,000. Yesterday it had never passed 4,000.
Today it reported 5,454.
BUT: This record-high number of cases was also based on record-high testing.
Today it reported 5,454.
BUT: This record-high number of cases was also based on record-high testing.
Here you can see how Minnesota’s testing volume has shot up. This explains SOME of the record rise in cases, but not ALL of it. The positivity rate is rising, too, despite high testing.
Minnesota also set a new dismal record today in the number of newly reported #COVID19 deaths today: 36. It’s averaged 22 deaths/day over the past week.
The trendlines for new #COVID19 hospitalizations are also at record highs:
#COVID19 hospital beds occupied are also as high as they’ve been since August 1:
23 of Minnesota’s record 36 deaths were residents of long-term care facilities, a metric that’s been trending sharply upward. Non-LTC deaths are up, too — not as much, but they’re at a record high: averaging nearly 8 per day, compared to nearly 7 per day in June.
#COVID19 cases are soaring in all parts of Minnesota. This isn’t an urban outbreak or a rural outbreak, an eastern outbreak or a western one. It’s everywhere:
New #COVID19 cases are at or near record highs for every demographic group tracked:
Though today’s record number of cases was fueled in part by record testing, Minnesota’s 7-day average positivity rate is at 12.9%, up from 4.7% a month ago.
The record was 16.3% in early May, when testing was much more limited.
The record was 16.3% in early May, when testing was much more limited.
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