Minnesota on downside of winter bump in COVID-19 deaths

Minnesota is emerging from another winter of increased COVID-19 mortality, though the toll of the past few months has been far below the prior two winters.

Thursday's weekly pandemic update showed that Minnesota had reached a peak of 10 COVID-19 deaths per day in January that has since dropped by half. While that was the highest rate since March 2022, it was below peak severity levels of 79 deaths per day in December 2020 - before vaccine was available - and 39 per day in December 2021.

Minnesota's per capita COVID-19 death and case rates are well below averages over the past week in the U.S. - with levels fluctuating up and down across states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-on-downside-of-winter-bump-in-covid-19-deaths/600255752/