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.
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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.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Mayo model predicts omicron peak in late January
Minnesota is setting state records for its case positivity rate, which most recently stood at 22.2 percent.
What patients can learn with confidence from one negative rapid test (Hint: very little)
While home antigen testing remains a useful — and underutilized — tool to curb the pandemic, experts say, it is often misused and may provide false confidence.
Do at-home COVID-19 tests still work if they’ve been sitting out in the cold?
The short answer is probably yes, but let the test come to room temperature before taking it.
Nearly two years into the pandemic, Minnesota still doesn’t have enough COVID-19 tests
In the Twin Cities area at least, appointments for tests are scarce.
So you just learned you’ve been exposed to COVID-19. Now what?
As the omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 spreads rapidly through the state, more and more Minnesotans are hearing about potential exposures from family, friends and other close contacts.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: record case counts nationwide amid omicron wave
In response to high testing demand in Minnesota, the Walz administration announced the opening of three new community testing sites.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Walz tests positive for COVID-19
The governor, his wife and son all tested positive and are isolating. Walz and his wife have no symptoms; their son has mild symptoms.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: state closes in on 10,000 COVID-19 deaths
The most recent seven-day case positivity average — or the average share of positive cases out of total COVID-19 tests — is 10.6 percent, down from 11.5 percent the week prior.
Yes, breakthrough infections happen. But vaccination still massively decreases the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19.
Data on deaths and hospitalizations in Minnesota since vaccines became widely available show how stark the gap is between vaccinated and unvaccinated when it comes to COVID-19’s most severe effects.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: state sees first omicron case
Minnesota’s case positivity rate was up, currently standing at 11.5 percent.
How Minnesota monitors for coronavirus variants
Testing for variants like the newly identified omicron variant is a more complicated process than a basic COVID-19 test.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: COVID-19 hospitalizations up
Though Minnesota’s weekly count of new cases and its case positivity rate were both down.
A virus expert explains what researchers know — and don’t know — about the omicron coronavirus variant
While the unusually high number of mutations in the omicron variant is surprising, the emergence of yet another SARS-CoV-2 variant is not unexpected.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Walz, health care officials urge vaccinations as hospitalizations continue to rise
Walz also downplayed the possibility for a special session, even after Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller said Republicans may back down from a threat to fire Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm.
Should Minnesota be doing more to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state?
Minnesota let many of its COVID-19 mitigation measures lapse over the summer. Is it time to bring them back?
Coronavirus in Minnesota: case positivity rate tops 10%; states increase booster access amid infection surge
Minnesota averaged 4,484 new cases of COVID-19 per day over the last week.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Case positivity rate jumps to levels not seen since December
Minnesota also saw reported deaths and hospitalizations from the disease increase over the previous week.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: deaths, hospitalizations rise; state reports reinfection data
On Monday, the Minnesota Department of Health said they know of 8,184 cases throughout the pandemic in the state in which someone who previously had COVID-19 was reinfected.