COVID In Minnesota: Positivity Rate On A Downward Trend, But Still Above 10%
Minnesota's latest rolling seven-day average positivity rate has ticked down another notch, currently sitting at 10.6% from a recent peak of 11%.
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Minnesota's latest rolling seven-day average positivity rate has ticked down another notch, currently sitting at 10.6% from a recent peak of 11%.
Jeremy Voss spent more than two weeks at St. Cloud Hospital fighting for his life against COVID-19.
"It's highly infectious, likely is going to beat out Delta to become what I call basically the 'king of the virus hill,'' Dr. Michael Osterholm said.
Minnesota's latest rolling seven-day average positivity rate has ticked down a notch, currently sitting at 10.9% from a recent peak of 11%. That's still, however, above the line considered "high risk," which is drawn at 10%.
Stocks fell precipitously on Friday, rattled by news of a new coronavirus variant that led several countries to impose travel restrictions.
As post-Thanksgiving crowds hit stores for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday deals, health officials in Minnesota report 4,131 new cases of COVID-19 and 56 deaths.
While many Minnesotans enjoy the comfort of family and friends this Thanksgiving, Dr. Jess Boland and nurse Mikayla Reimers are caring for people they barley know.
Some families in northern Minnesota will spend the holiday weekend trying to find new living arrangements for their loved ones.
Bonus checks were promised to frontline workers months ago. As they now deal with another COVID surge, they could use them more than ever.
Holiday travelers are now on the move, and before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Minnesota Department of Health reported 3,759 new cases of COVID-19 and 53 deaths.
An emergency military medical team is on the ground in Minneapolis in a battle against COVID-19, which is surging in Minnesota and fueling a crisis of critical care access in hospitals across the state.
The COVID-19 surge continues, as the Minnesota Department of Health reported more than 11,000 cases and 37 new deaths on Tuesday.
In all, the state has seen 887,368 COVID-19 cases since March of 2020 and 9,229 total deaths. The positivity rate is at 11% as of last week, which is above the "high risk" threshold and a figure not seen since December of 2020.
Hospitals like Hennepin Healthcare are desperate for people to get vaccinated as Minnesota grapples with one of the worst infection rates in the country.
"Because we have so many patients in our hospital emergency department waiting to get in the hospital, we have lost the ability and the bed capacity to safely accept many transfers from throughout the region," Dr. Dan Hoody said. "This is commonly us having to decline five to 50 transfers a day."
A COVID-19 outbreak has led Forest Lake leaders to close city offices this week.
As Minnesota prepares to send National Guard support to long-term care facilities, the state reported 4,718 new COVID-19 cases and 37 more deaths Monday.
In Minnesota alone new cases are up 53% over the last 14 days.
The number of Minnesota patients hospitalized with COVID-19 has surpassed 1,400 for the first time since last December, before vaccines became available, according to figures released Friday.
"I would say the best time to take an action to slow the spread of COVID is before it gets out of control. We don't know exactly what that tipping point is, but we know we've gotten a lot closer in the last three weeks," said Redmond.
If you received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines at least six months ago, or the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least two months ago, you are now eligible and encouraged to get a booster.
As Covid cases rise in Minnesota, one school district is extending its Thanksgiving break as a way to control the spread.
A Twin Cities school district says it's extending the next week's holiday break to cover the entire school week in response to rising COVID-19 cases.
As the Food and Drug Administration authorized booster shots for all adults on Friday, health officials in Minnesota reported an additional 5,162 cases and 30 deaths.
