Walz is about to issue a statewide mask order.

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5. We've had a substantial increase in cases. Had to do something.

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From 7/22/20 4:40 PM visit to the first link (nytimes.com) below. Includes data reported on 7/21 (doesn't include the 507 cases reported 7/22 11am)



https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/minnesota-coronavirus-cases.html

https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/07/22/latest-on-covid19-in-mn

As for why not sooner, I guess because per-capita we looked pretty good and the shutdowns were working. Oh, and as TVO mentioned in #4, the bigger cities have had mask requirements for some time.

What disappointed me was I thought some of the openings were premature, and sooner than a lot of other blue state governors. June 10 opened up the bars and indoor dining particularly questionable to me. (Patio dining/drinking began June 1).

In the graph - that huge spike in new cases reported on 7/20, followed by a rather small increase reported on 7/21 -- that's been blamed on transition to a new reporting system, and an article I read said its best to just average those 2 days.

For the latest: on 7/22 507 cases were reported, which is down from the approximately 600 cases 7-day average (but obviously there's a lot of day-to-day volatility, so no particular meaning to that, just an update).

The reporting days cover what happened the previous day, e.g. at 7/22 11a they reported what happened over the last 24 hours or on 7/21 or something like that.