40 newly reported #COVID19 deaths in Minnesota today, down from 44 last Sunday. The 7-day average is down to 31 deaths/day, from nearly 40/day last Sunday. 
Meanwhile, Minnesota’s average newly reported daily cases dropped below 1,500/day for the first time since Oct. 17. This is about the level cases were at before the November wave hit.
This isn’t a function of falling test volume, either. (MN’s average testing volume is just slightly higher now than it was in mid-October.)
Minnesota’s average #COVID19 positivity rate is down to 4.6% and falling.
Minnesota’s average #COVID19 positivity rate is down to 4.6% and falling.
There’s a minor uptick in #COVID19 hospitalizations that I’m watching. So far it’s just a couple of days and a relatively minor increase, which could be a blip, or could be an effect of the recent bump in cases.
Minnesota’s lowest per capita #COVID19 death rate is in the core Twin Cities metro, Hennepin & Ramsey counties. The Twin Cities suburban counties, though, are one of the few areas where deaths AREN’T falling.
Minnesota’s pace of newly administered #COVID19 vaccine doses continues to rise, slowly. (At the current pace, it’ll take weeks to get to just 20,000 shots/day; at 20K/day it’d take until December to vaccinate most Minnesotans.)
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