The daily coronavirus update: 5 more deaths; case growth rising but still low
The seven-day case positivity average, which lags by a week, remains at 1.2 percent.
Greta Kaul is MinnPost’s data reporter. She can be reached at gkaul@minnpost.com.
The seven-day case positivity average, which lags by a week, remains at 1.2 percent.
As more things open up, people have other options for recreation — but there’s some evidence new outdoors habits have stuck.
The seven-day case positivity average remains at 1.2 percent.
For consumers in the Twin Cities, some of the biggest year-over-year increases in the Consumer Price Index are in the price of fuel for vehicles, of used cars and trucks, and of gas for heating and cooking at home.
According to the most recent data available, 54.9 percent of the population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 51.9 percent of the population has completed the vaccine series.
According to the most recent data, 54.9 percent of the population had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 51.8 percent of the population have completed a vaccine series.
More than any other group, Latinos in Minnesota remained in the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. But many found themselves on divergent paths.
A brief primer on current events.
Minnesota’s mask mandate ended more than a month ago, but that doesn’t mean everyone has dropped their masks.
With five deaths announced Saturday and nine on Sunday, the death toll for the pandemic now stands at 7,549 in Minnesota.
The most recent data available show 41 Minnesotans are hospitalized in intensive care with COVID-19, and 91 are in the hospital with COVID-19 not in intensive care.
Rents have been on a slow, steady rise in Minneapolis and St. Paul for years.
The Minnesota Department of Health also reported that more than 3 million people in Minnesota have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Case counts are way down, but there are still new cases of COVID-19 every day.
According to the most recent data available, 2,972,489 people in Minnesota, or 53.4 percent of the population, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
You know we’re going to say: It’s complicated.
As of Saturday, the most recent day of data available, 2,964,813 people in Minnesota, or 53.3 percent of the population, had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Deaths from alcohol and drugs were up in 2020, continuing a long-term trend. But the number of suicides was down.
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.
The announcement of federal charges against Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao caused a postponement of the state’s case against the latter three. Meanwhile, here’s what to expect in the federal case.
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By Greta Kaul | Staff Writer
July 9, 2021