However this latest increase is far smaller than the spike of late last year, when the average daily case count hovered near 7,000.
Health commissioner Jan Malcolm says the delta variant is responsible for about 85 percent of new cases in the state. Malcolm says she’s concerned about the trend.
“They have been going up very quickly. Our absolute numbers are still a little bit lower than our neighbors, but we're on a trajectory to just keep growing," Malcolm said.
About half of Minnesota counties now have what’s considered substantial community spread.
New cases are growing far faster among Black Minnesotans, who are seeing nearly twice the per capita case growth of any other racial or ethnic group during this current wave.
The Hmong community in Minnesota needed Lee’s gold medal win to inspire us and the larger community needed Lee’s Olympic victory to see Asian Americans as Americans, writes MPR executive Ka Vang.
After a Brooklyn Center police officer shot and killed Daunte Wright in April during a traffic stop, the city committed to reshaping its entire public safety structure, including lowering the profile of the Police Department. But Brooklyn Center has not moved forward on any of those big changes, at least not yet.
Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights are asking that their federal trials be separated from the trial of Derek Chauvin, who has already been convicted on state murder charges for kneeling on Floyd's neck as the Black man pleaded for air.
President Joe Biden called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign Tuesday after an explosive new report was released by the New York State attorney general's office on allegations of sexual harassment against the governor.
At MPR News, we are considering how we may deepen connections and trust with the communities we cover. MPR News has been intentional about our coverage and programming to reflect the vast mosaic of people and experiences that make up Minnesota. MPR News managing editor Sarah Glover shares an update on newsroom inclusion efforts.
With the final week of the Olympic Games underway, the focus shifts from gymnastics and swimming events to track and field and team sports. Plus, the debut of a new sport at the Olympic games, sport climbing, features a Minnesota athlete.
Members of the Marshall School Board approved a settlement agreement in a federal lawsuit over a rainbow LGBTQ pride flag hung in the Marshall Middle School cafeteria last year.
Rivers across the state are very low because of the severe drought encompassing much of the state. That's affecting a lot of people who rely on rivers and streams for their livelihood.
