The daily coronavirus update: 7 more deaths; average positivity rate at 3.9 percent
Minnesota is on pace to have its least-deadly month since September.
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The daily coronavirus update: Walz rolls back some restrictions on restaurants, gyms and social gatherings
The Minnesota Department of Health also said 19 more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19.
More Minnesota students are heading back to school. What does the science say about the safety of reopening?
Studies seem to indicate there are conditions under which schools can operate with relative safety.
The daily coronavirus update: 24 more deaths; 907 additional cases in Minnesota
The state reports 599,218 people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine so far.
Pandemic-fueled alcohol abuse creates wave of hospitalizations for liver disease
Leading liver disease specialists and psychiatrists believe the isolation, unemployment and hopelessness associated with COVID-19 are driving the explosion in cases.
The daily coronavirus update: 11 more deaths; Walz tells group, ‘We’re winning this battle,’ as case numbers continue to decline
According to the most recent data available, 583,602 Minnesotans, or 10.5 percent of the state’s population, have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The daily coronavirus update: 6 more deaths; 569,164 have at least one dose of vaccine
MDH also announced that Minnesota’s seven-day positivity average, which lags by a week, is 4 percent.
U of M researchers elaborate on their study of ‘less-lethal’ weapons’ use in crowd control
The study was inspired by the injuries that University of Minnesota doctors were seeing during the George Floyd protests.
The daily coronavirus update: 3 more deaths; 564 new cases
The most recent vaccine data show 556,482 people in Minnesota, or 10.1 percent of the population, have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
MDH’s #StayConnectedMN campaign promotes COVID-era mental health
The public health campaign provides a monthlong set of templates that employers and community leaders can use to deliver messages encouraging behaviors that enhance mental health.
The daily coronavirus update: 10 more deaths, 914 new cases in Minnesota
The state also reports 554,102 people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine so far.
The daily coronavirus update: 22 more deaths; 466,224 total cases
As of Wednesday, 497,843 people in Minnesota, or 9 percent of the population, had at least one of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine; 138,212 had had both doses.
Wisconsin and Minnesota had different approaches to combatting COVID. So why are their death rates so similar?
Both Minnesota and Wisconsin have seen a rate of 112 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 residents.
The daily coronavirus update: 16 cases of U.K. strain, two cases of Brazil strain reported in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Health also reported that 475,200 Minnesotans so far have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The daily coronavirus update: positive-case average declines as vaccine allocation increases
The Minnesota Department of Health said Wednesday that 24 more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19.
The daily coronavirus update: 8 more deaths, 633 new cases in Minnesota
The state reported Tuesday that 447,610 people had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The daily coronavirus update: Minnesota to distribute 35,000 vaccine doses through health providers, state clinics
Minnesota also announced two more deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, one of the lowest totals in months.
What Michael Osterholm has learned one year in to the pandemic
The director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy on what was different about this coronavirus and what might be coming next.
Mental health supports help rural care providers weather a COVID surge
“We know that we could hit another surge. When we talk about what the staff has gone through, they feel like they’re more prepared. We’ve got this now, ” said Jodi Hillmer, director of patient care services at CentraCare – Long Prairie Care Center.
The daily coronavirus update: 13 more deaths; 461,807 total cases
Sunday’s death toll brings the total for the whole pandemic to 6,200 dead from COVID-19.
