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.
Minnesota is on pace to have its least-deadly month since September.
The Minnesota Department of Health also said 19 more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19.
The state reports 599,218 people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine so far.
Leading liver disease specialists and psychiatrists believe the isolation, unemployment and hopelessness associated with COVID-19 are driving the explosion in cases.
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.
MDH also announced that Minnesota’s seven-day positivity average, which lags by a week, is 4 percent.
The study was inspired by the injuries that University of Minnesota doctors were seeing during the George Floyd protests.
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.
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 state also reports 554,102 people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine so far.
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.
Both Minnesota and Wisconsin have seen a rate of 112 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 residents.
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 Minnesota Department of Health said Wednesday that 24 more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19.
The state reported Tuesday that 447,610 people had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Minnesota also announced two more deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, one of the lowest totals in months.
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.
“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.
Sunday’s death toll brings the total for the whole pandemic to 6,200 dead from COVID-19.