The daily coronavirus update: case positivity rate continues to decline in Minnesota
According to the most recent data, 65 percent of people 16 and older had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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The daily coronavirus update: case positivity average continues to decline in Minnesota
According to the most recent data available, 2,900,110 people in Minnesota — 64 percent of those 16 and older — had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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According to most recent day of data available, 50 percent of the population — 62 percent of those 16 or older — have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine so far.
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The state also reports that 2,349,214 people, or 42 percent of the population, have been completely vaccinated.
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According to the most recent data available, 2,667,770 people in Minnesota, or 48 percent of the population, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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The Minnesota Department of Health also reports that nearly 2 million residents having been completely vaccinated.
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The Minnesota Department of Health also reported Sunday that six more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19.
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MDH also reported that 2,468,406 people in Minnesota, or 44 percent of the population, had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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The state also reports 2,304,975 Minnesotans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The daily coronavirus update: more than 2 million Minnesotans have received at least one dose of vaccine
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