Coronavirus Wednesday update: 16 more Minnesota deaths, 689 new cases
Source: Pioneer Press
Most daily fatalities reported since August
Pioneer Press UPDATED: September 30, 2020 at 5:36 p.m.
Labor Day celebrations and students going back to school are partly to blame for Minnesota’s recent surge in coronavirus cases, but a major source remains residents who disregard public health rules.
Community transmission, when someone gets sick without an obvious source of the infection, accounts for about one-third of recent coronavirus cases and roughly a quarter of all Minnesota infections. In the past week, Minnesota added about 128 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents, compared with about 87 cases per 100,000 in late July.
Community transmission can be reduced if people wear masks, keep their distance from others and avoid large gatherings. But lax compliance throughout the summer and fall has created an infection “ripple effect.”
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The holiday weekend and start of a new school year contributed to coronavirus spread, she said, but community transmission seeded by gatherings and events continues to be a key driver of the outbreak......................................
Read more: https://www.twincities.com/2020/09/30/coronavirus-wednesday-update-16-more-minnesota-deaths-and-689-new-cases/
This monster virus keeps going and going.
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In new daily cases per capita, 7 day moving average (rankings are of U.S. states, #1 is highest, i.e. worst):
#1 North Dakota
#2 South Dakota
#3 Wisconsin
#6 Iowa
#17 Minnesota
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
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The trend is not good for MN:
daily new cases, 7 day moving avg, 14 day change: +78%
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/minnesota-coronavirus-cases.html
Actually, 688 new cases is a big reprieve for Minnesota. It's 7 day average is 1,005 cases
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Alternative to NY Times: https://globalepidemics.org/key-metrics-for-covid-suppression/
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Deep look / comparison of MN and it's 4 U.S. neighbors (ND, SD, IA, WI):
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/03/17/comparing-covid19-in-minnesota-and-its-neighbors-in-upper-midwest
Since MN is much more populous than ND and SD, for a fair comparison focus on the graphs that show the RATEs (rates per 100k) rather than the raw counts.