Minnesota’s COVID-19 picture continues to brighten, with cases and hospitalizations trending down off the top of a recent wave.
Overall conditions, though, have improved to the point that Gov.
“The impact of the variants remains a wild card,” Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm told reporters Wednesday.
The count of known, active cases came in at 14,741 in Thursday’s numbers, slightly higher than the prior day but still down from the most recent peak of about 20,000 in mid-April.
The state has recorded 573,938 total confirmed or probable cases so far in the pandemic, including the 1,921 posted Thursday.
Regionally, all parts of Minnesota are in better shape than they were in late November and early December.
She said about 3.4 percent of Minnesotans who’ve received their first dose of a two-dose regimen are late for their second shot.
Survey finds student learning, mental health suffered during pandemic: A new survey finds that Minnesota students in grades 6 through 12 managed to learn despite dramatic pandemic-related school changes.
The risk of COVID-19 spread for children and students: Minnesota health officials are urging more testing of middle and high school students for COVID-19.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have allowed providers to resume administering the one-dose vaccine, after reviewing the rare risk of blood clots associated with it.
Pandemic-fueled surge in visitation to BWCA expected to continue this year: Amid COVID-19, more than 165,000 people visited the Boundary Waters last year — a 16 percent jump over the previous year — as people sought refuge in the isolated wilderness from the pandemic.
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