When to expect Minnesota 2020 primary election results
As with everything, COVID-19 has disrupted business as usual when it comes to reporting election results.
Greta Kaul
Greta Kaul is MinnPost’s data reporter. She can be reached at gkaul@minnpost.com.
The daily coronavirus update: nine more deaths in Minnesota; cases up by 617
Minnesota’s seven-day average case positivity rate rose to 5.2%, up from 4.9% a week ago. MDH considers above 5% a concerning trend.
The daily coronavirus update: Minnesota’s case positive rate rises again; High School League delays football season
Four more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19, the Minnesota Department of Health said Tuesday, for a total of 1,620.
For many Minnesotans, in-person voting will be a lot different this year
Because of COVID-19, local governments have changed numerous polling locations or — in some smaller, rural precincts — gone to mail balloting.
The daily coronavirus update: 14 deaths, nearly 1,500 new cases announced over weekend
As of Sunday, the Minnesota Department of Health said there have been a total of 55,947 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota since the start of the pandemic.
COVID-19 has arrived in Greater Minnesota
In the early days of the pandemic, confirmed cases of COVID-19 were concentrated in U.S. cities, including the Twin Cities. Now, counties in Greater Minnesota are seeing per-capita infection rates comparable to Hennepin and Ramsey.
The daily coronavirus update: hospitalizations continue to rise in Minnesota
MDH also reported 83 new cases among residents or staff in long-term care facilities, up from 40 announced Tuesday — with the majority of the new cases among health care workers.
Minnesota is contacting people who have been exposed to COVID-19 cases. At current infection rates, it might not do much good
The state has hundreds of workers making calls to people who test positive for COVID-19, and with those they may have been in contact with. But with high levels of community spread of the disease, those efforts have limited benefits.
The daily coronavirus update: Minnesota warns of numbers going in wrong direction
The state’s case positivity rate was at 4.8 percent, near the five percent threshold that is a warning sign for public health officials.
Minnesota election officials worry about shortage of poll workers during COVID-19 pandemic
Election judges tend to be older, which means they tend to be more vulnerable to COVID-19. Many are deciding not to risk working the polls this year.
What to know about Minnesota’s new statewide mask mandate
The executive order, which Gov. Tim Walz had teased earlier in the week, takes effect Saturday and will remain in place until the state’s peacetime emergency declaration ends.
The daily coronavirus update: Announcement on mask mandate expected soon
Officials said the decision would come in the next day or two. Also,the Minnesota Department of Health announced 3 more deaths from COVID-19 in Minnesota and that the statewide total for positive cases had risen to 47,457 since the start of the outbreak.
The daily coronavirus update: Clay County infant dies from COVID-19
The child had no known underlying health conditions and had two causes of death listed: upper and lower respiratory tract infection and COVID-19.
The daily coronavirus update: 3 deaths; 734 new cases
A total of 1,541 Minnesotans have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the outbreak.
The daily coronavirus update: 7 more deaths; State investigating bars and restaurants for social-distancing compliance
For the third day in a row, the Minnesota Department of Health announced more than 600 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
How political newcomer Antone Melton-Meaux managed to raise six times the money that Rep. Ilhan Omar did
Melton-Meaux has been able to raise funds from people who can make large contributions — including a range of local DFL notables who would normally be expected to support the incumbent.
Want to avoid the polls this year? Here’s everything you need to know about absentee voting in Minnesota
With COVID-19 on many voters’ minds, Minnesota has sent out a record number of absentee ballots — more than 350,000 as of last week.
The daily coronavirus update: Walz extends peacetime emergency
Minnesota officials reported two more deaths due to COVID-19 and 491 new confirmed cases of the disease.
The number of concentrated-poverty neighborhoods in the Twin Cities has doubled since 1980
Once poverty is concentrated in a neighborhood, the neighborhood usually stays poor.
The daily coronavirus update: 8 more deaths; MDH warns against ‘COVID Parties,’ which are not a real thing
Rumors of people throwing COVID parties — in which people purportedly tried to get COVID-19 — have been widely shared by officials and never turn out to be true.
