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As nearly 70% of those ages 12 and up have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, Minnesota health officials on Thursday reported 1,355 additional virus cases and eight more deaths.
The fair is not asking anyone to show proof of vaccination, nor are they asking for a recent negative COVID test.
The latest figures of those hospitalized show 125 Minnesotans in ICU, compared to fewer than 20 about a month ago. There are an additional 336 reported hospitalizations for COVID in the state.
This weekend, Minnesota Vikings fans can get a shot to have a shot at tickets to the team's matchup with the rival Green Bay Packers.
One of the biggest names in pro football has a message for young players: Part of the game can wait.
One of Minnesota's largest school districts will require masks in all school buildings this year.
The Biden administration is expected later this week to recommend that the majority of Americans get a booster shot eight months after their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
St. Paul's Ordway Center for the Performing Arts has changed its COVID-19 policies as the highly-contagious Delta variant continues its spread across the country.
Minnesota will offer multiple COVID-19 tests in schools this year in an effort "to keep kids and staff healthy, safe and in their classrooms."
The health department reports that the rolling average positivity rate is now at 5.2%. That's above the line for caution (which is 5%), however it appears that the positivity rate's growth is starting to plateau.
Whitney Parker lost her husband, and father of her two young children, to COVID-19. He was 31 years old. She says the family took the guidelines seriously and followed rules for masking.
COVID-19 cases have been surging in Wisconsin in recent weeks due largely to the delta variant. The state's seven-day case average stood at 1,139 as of Wednesday, the highest it's been since February.
Hospitalization figures continue to rise to levels not seen since April and May, as the MDH on Monday recorded 109 people in Minnesota ICU beds with COVID-19, and 302 in non-ICU beds with the virus.
Minnesota has extended its $100 reward program for people who get their COVID-19 vaccinations by another week.
Gov. Tim Walz announced Sunday evening the extension of the $100 vaccine reward initiative.
