Coronavirus in Minnesota: Cases rise, but ICU hospitalizations remain low
COVID-19 ICU hospitalizations remain flat compared to last week, while non-ICU hospitalizations have risen.
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Coronavirus in Minnesota: More of the same; is that a good thing?
Data from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) show the state added 3,589 new COVID-19 cases between April 6 and April 12, averaging 513 new cases per day.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: ‘stealth’ omicron takes over
Wastewater data from the Metropolitan Council suggest BA.2 is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the Twin Cities.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: FDA authorizes second booster for people 50 and up
That doesn’t mean everyone age 50 and up needs to rush out and get a second booster immediately, though.
What the omicron subvariant BA.2 might mean for Minnesota
The coronavirus variant spreads even faster than omicron, but that doesn’t necessarily guarantee it will cause as big a wave of cases and hospitalizations as omicron did.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Another week of low case counts
Case counts did tick up slightly this week compared to the previous week, but are very low compared to levels at the beginning of the year.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Average case positivity rate drops below 4 percent
New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all down in the state.
The CDC’s new guidelines on COVID-19 risk and masking send confounding signals
While some experts praised the move as an appropriate shift from a pandemic to an endemic public health posture, others worried that the government was letting down its guard too early.
How Minnesota’s second year of pandemic compared to its first
For one thing, while more people tested positive for COVID-19 in the pandemic’s second year, fewer of them died.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Cases dropping as Minnesota passes two years of the COVID-19 pandemic
Do you remember what you were doing when you heard about Minnesota’s first case?
Coronavirus in Minnesota: New CDC mask guidelines mean less masking recommended in Minnesota
The new standards consider both rates of spread of COVID-19 and hospitalizations.
Minneapolis and St. Paul just lifted their mask mandates. Is it OK to stop worrying about COVID?
Or at least, stop worrying so much?
Coronavirus in Minnesota: New case counts decline further
Even so, Minnesota is close to reporting its 12,000th death from the disease since the start of the pandemic.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Decrease in new cases continues
New case rates were at levels not seen since December.
What the CDC’s VAERS system is — and isn’t — good for
The database is intended to collect all possible reports of vaccine side effects, but in their raw form those reports are entirely unconfirmed and unvetted.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Daily new cases drop significantly
The rapid drop in cases matches a pattern seen in omicron waves in other places.
Dashboard professionals: A guide to all of the state of Minnesota’s public COVID-19 data (that we know about)
The good news is that the state makes a lot of data about the pandemic public. The bad news is that it does it in a lot of different places.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Cases tick down; scientist wary of new omicron subvariant
The new subvariant isn’t believed to cause more severe disease, but it may be more infectious, and experts warn it could drag out the omicron surge.
A year into its COVID-19 vaccination program, Minnesota has made progress on racial disparities
Still, as large portions of the Minnesota population — regardless of race — remain unvaccinated, officials say work needs to continue.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Director Ehresmann to retire, backlog in confirming positive cases
The omicron variant has caused such a large spike in new cases that Minnesota Department of Health staff has fallen behind confirming the deluge of positive tests submitted.
