Oooof. Minnesota today reported 67 new #COVID19 deaths, an all-time record. The 7-day average death rate is up to nearly 37 per day. 
Going to leading indicators, newly reported cases have actually fallen for four straight days. This doesn’t mean TOO much given weekend effects, and we should expect a rise tomorrow. But it’s better than cases rising anyways, which happened more often than not the past few weeks.
Minnesota’s positivity rate, which controls cases for testing volumne, has been at a rough plateau for more than a week now. It’s gone on long enough it’s clearly not a blip, but what it means beyond that is too early to say…
The optimistic interpretation to a flat positivity rate & a slowing of the case growth rate is that Minnesota’s #COVID19 outbreak may have peaked. The pessimistic interpretation is it’s just a temporary lull and growth will resume shortly.
There’s no slowdown to be seen in the rate of new #COVID19 hospitalizations:
51 of today's 67 newly reported #COVID19 deaths were in long-term care facilities. Death rates are at or near record highs both in and out of LTC:
No major sustained direction changes in #COVID19 case growth in any region of the state. If you squint you can make out minor changes in a region or two, but they’re minor and fleeting so far. Keep watching!
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