Today’s #COVID19 report in Minnesota was always going to be bad — last Tuesday was artificially mild due to data delays; yesterday’s deaths were all reported today.
But still, this is rough. Minnesota’s average positivity rate has crossed back over 10%.
But still, this is rough. Minnesota’s average positivity rate has crossed back over 10%.
Today’s report is actually the single worst #COVID19 report we’ve ever had, with more than 10,000 new cases. BUT this report includes 3 days of data; the 9,000-case days last November were single days.
Still, our average is up sharply, and relatively closely tracking last fall.
Still, our average is up sharply, and relatively closely tracking last fall.
#COVID19 hospitalizations are also rising quickly.
A huge spike of 51 newly reported deaths intoday’s data, but that’s artificial — yesterday had 0 deaths due to holiday staffing issues at the health department. So this is 51 cases over 2 days — you can see the trendline here dip and recover.
#COVID19 cases are up all across Minnesota, but the hardest hit area is east-central Minnesota — which is also the area with the state’s lowest vaccination rate.
Adults 30-49 are the age group with the most new cases right now.
We did see an uptick in vaccination rates among 5- to 11-year-olds in today’s report; this measure had been lagging the pace of 12- to 15-year-olds after they first became eligible.
Anyway, always remember: never overreact to one day of data.
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