COVID In Minnesota: Average Positivity Rate Down To 10.4%, 1,501 New Cases Reported
The state's COVID-19 average positivity rate has dropped to 10.4% after reaching a peak of 24% in late January.
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The state's COVID-19 average positivity rate has dropped to 10.4% after reaching a peak of 24% in late January.
Beginning this week, masks will no longer be required for Minnesota lawmakers and staff on the floor of the House of Representatives. Additionally, a return to work schedule is on the books for staff members at the Minnesota State Office Building.
The rate of new daily cases per 100,000 residents stands at 53, significantly down from the recent peak of nearly 230. However, the line of high risk is drawn at 10 per 100,000 residents.
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate was scheduled to vote Tuesday on measures that push back against COVID-19 vaccine requirements and aim to shield workers who do not want to protect themselves from the virus by being inoculated.
It will have taken about three years since it was initially scheduled, but Rage Against the Machine are set to take their concert tour to Minneapolis a little over a year from now.
Meanwhile, Minnesota officials on Tuesday reported 4,338 new cases and 33 more deaths due to COVID-19, six of which happened in the months before February.
The latest figures from the Minnesota Department of Health place the total case count at 1,388,401, which includes 55,592 reinfections. Since the start of the pandemic, 11,797 Minnesotans have died from the virus.
The Guthrie Theater has announced new dates for their upcoming production of "A Raisin in the Sun" after it was canceled last month due to COVID-19.
The mandates went into effect as the omicron surge pushed the state of Minnesota to its highest-recorded positivity rates and tasked already strapped hospitals with a new wave of COVID-19 patients.
Mayor Emily Larson said she made the decision to let it expire based on conversations with health care providers and business groups and tracking public health data.
The state's average positivity rate continues its steady decline, dropping to 14.3% as of last week after reaching a peak of nearly 24% last month.
The university was requiring any events with more than 200 attendees to ask for a a proof of vaccination or recent negative test.
The rate of new daily cases per 100,000 residents stands at 86.9, significantly down from the recent peak of nearly 230. Meanwhile, Minnesota officials on Monday reported 10,409 new cases and 48 more deaths due to COVID-19.
ACR would like to see long-term funding from lawmakers to fix the problem. They believe if caretakers were able to make $20 to $22 an hour, it would help them retain staff. Right now those same employees are making about $15 an hour.
The rate of new daily cases per 100,000 residents stands at 102.2, significantly down from the recent peak of nearly 230. Meanwhile, Minnesota officials on Monday reported 5,829 new cases and 35 more deaths due to COVID-19.
After peaking at nearly 24% last month, the latest reported positivity rate stands at 20%. It's still above the high risk threshold, but has been decreasing since mid-January.
After peaking at nearly 24% last month, the latest reported positivity rate stands at 20%.
While Minnesota's average positivity rate continues to tick down, the state is still recording thousands of more COVID-19 cases each day along with dozens of deaths.
The state's average positivity rate continues its decline after skyrocketing to its highest point in the pandemic earlier this month.
State leaders are expected to lay out more support for Minnesota schools Tuesday.
While more data is suggesting Minnesota has passed the peak of the Omicron surge, state health officials reported Monday 12,098 new cases of COVID-19 and 29 more deaths.
The infections disease director for the Minnesota Department of Health is retiring next week after 30 years of public service.
The district said it is making the decision based on amount of cases, student absences and other factors.
One little town. Three thousand people. Two starkly different realities. It's another measure of how, in an America increasingly split by warring visions of itself, division doesn't just play out on cable television, or in mayhem at the U.S. Capitol.
The state's rolling average positivity rate currently stands at 22.7% as of the latest reports, a shade below the recent peak of 23.7%, which was also the highest figure ever seen in the state of Minnesota since the start of the pandemic.
