The daily coronavirus update: 1 death; case positivity rate drops below 4 percent
The most recent data available show 79 Minnesotans are hospitalized in intensive care with COVID-19, and 170 are in the hospital with COVID-19 not in intensive care.
Greta Kaul
Greta Kaul is MinnPost’s data reporter. She can be reached at gkaul@minnpost.com.
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The daily coronavirus update: 12 more deaths; case positivity rate continues to decline in Minnesota
Overall, 64 percent of Minnesotans age 16 and over have received at least one dose of a vaccine, though the rate drops to 61.1 percent for those living in areas with a high social vulnerability index.
The daily coronavirus update: No new deaths in Minnesota; hospitalizations declining
As of Saturday, 51.4 percent of the population had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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The daily coronavirus update: 15 more deaths; case positivity rate slips below 5 percent in Minnesota
More than 70 percent of cases in Minnesota are now believed to be the more transmissible B117 variant.
The daily coronavirus update: Zero deaths; case growth declining
The seven-day case positivity average, which lags by a week, is 5.7 percent, down from 5.9 percent the week prior.
Legislature agrees to deal on exempting unemployment, PPP payments from Minnesota taxes
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The daily coronavirus update: 15 more deaths, 909 new cases in Minnesota
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The daily coronavirus update: No new deaths; hospitalizations decline
The seven-day case positivity average, which lags by a week, is 5.9 percent, down from 6.2 percent a week prior.
Sixty percent of Minnesota adults have a dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Getting to 70 is going to take a while
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The daily coronavirus update: 17 more deaths, 1,241 new cases in Minnesota
The state also reports that almost 47 percent of the population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine so far.
After the Chauvin trial, are more Minnesota court cases likely to be livestreamed?
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The daily coronavirus update: 16 more deaths; hospitalizations down
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It’s finally easy to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Minnesota. Now health officials are focusing on convincing everyone to get the shots
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The daily coronavirus update: Minnesota child under the age of 10 dies from COVID-19
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