transmission." cases had risen from 97 on august 30 to 209 on september 6. september 24 the minnesota department of health infectious disease director said that "more and more" outbreaks were workplaces and social settings. a workplace outbreak is defined as three or more employee cases. 89 case clusters were in businesses regulated by the state's department of agriculture, 40 clusters or outbreaks in meat processing plants, 182 clusters in manufacturing plants and 246 clusters in other general types of businesses. 77 bars and restaurants had been investigated for possible outbreaks. of these, 47 had enough cases to be considered an outbreak, and have their names released to the media. 37 outbreaks had been associated with weddings, 11 with funerals, 22 with gyms and 62 with other social settings. september 29 the minnesota vikings suspended operations after eight members of an opposing team tested positive. september 30 a campaign rally at duluth international airport was donald trump's last large rally before he tested positive. many attendees did not wear masks. october 3 at least two elected officials who attended the trump rally in duluth announced they would seek testing and self-quarantine. october 9 nine cases were tied to a trump rally held in bemidji on september 18, including two hospitalizations and one person in intensive care. many of the individuals also attended a september 26 white house event announcing the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. october 15 mdh covid data results from october 15, 2020, included a backlog of tests loaded into system. https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html#testingm1 october 17 the minnesota department of health reported that 27 out of the 28 cases linked to political rallies were tied to trump events. attendees at the september 18 trump rally in bemidji had 16 cases, with an additional four cases linked to a counter-protest. three cases were linked to the september 30 trump rally in duluth. three cases were linked to a speech by mike pence in minneapolis on september 24. one case was linked to an eric trump visit to becker on october 1. one case was linked to joe biden's duluth visit on september 18. october 26 a campaign rally by vice president mike pence in hibbing had "more than 650 people in attendance, exceeding minnesota health guidelines to restrict crowds to 250 people." just two days earlier, at least five aides to pence, including his chief of staff marc short, had tested positive. the seven-day average of new cases in two counties which had political rallies rose substantially in the following month, according to johns hopkins university, from 2.85 to 14.57 new cases a day in beltrami county, where bemidji is located, and from just under 180 to over 266 new cases a day in hennepin county. this was part of an overall upward trend of new cases in the state of minnesota which began september 10. november 14 mdh covid data results from november 14, 2020, included a backlog of tests loaded into system. https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html#testingm1 december 14 the reopen minnesota coalition, consisting of over 150 minnesota restaurants, bars, gyms, and other businesses, plan to defy an extension of the november 20 "dial-back" restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the virus. the orders prohibit all indoor dining and closed gyms and fitness centers. businesses face fines of $1,000 and their owners face 90 days of jail if the disobey the orders, which are scheduled to expire on december 18. january 7 the total laboratory tests are 5,803,829. total pcr tests are 5,553,851. total antigen tests are 249,978. total positive cases are 429,570. total confirmed cases (pcr positive) are 413,653. total probable cases (antigen positive) are 15,917. total hospitalizations are 22,541. total icu hospitalizations are 4733. total deaths are 5572. total no longer needing isolation are 408,510. all data above is cumulative. the increase rate of death rate is about the same as the past few months which is 300 people per week on average. january 29 fda can't help people get a covid-19 vaccine, but people can use cdc to find more detailed information about clinics and healthy centers. the fda also approved an application of drug (furosemide injection). february 12 the increment of vaccinations are stay flat. the confirmed covid-19 cases have decreased from 60,000 to about 57,000. over 75% of residents had been vaccined and about 40% of them has taken at least one booster. february 21 the number of people who take vaccine is increasing about the same rate. there is no sign of weather delays and more than a half of vaccinations are second dose. currently, 465,382 people are off isolation which is about 97 percent of all isolation people. march 19 the rate of vaccination rises to 24 percent (at least one dose). carver county has an outbreak because of the u.k. strain and youth sports. public health leaders will keep close to this situation. hospitalizations is going up because of the active cases. march 30 1.6 million residents in mn has received at least one dose of vaccine, including more than 81% of people whose age is older than 65. actives cases is increasing and hospitalizations are up. states has decided to open vaccine eligibility to all adults. march 31 governor tim walz received the single-shot of johnson & johnson vaccine. he said wherever we live and whoever we vote for, we need to end this pandemic, and the best way is to take a vaccine. april 19 more than a half of all minnesota residents have taken at least one dose. 36% of people have been fully vaccined. the numder of death case is 7,026 until april 19. icu trends is about the winter levels. april 28 tim walz on tuesday said he is planning to have a more loosening of restrictions, such as increasing the limitation of the capacity of bars, restaurants and other public spaces. about 56% of minnesota residents have taken at least one dose, which increased by 2% within two weeks. a sad news: a first grader in southwestern minnesota died sunday because of covid-19 complications. meanwhile, more than 56,000 kids have been tested positive since the pandemic started. may 28 the government has announced that capacity restrictions on bars and restaurants will be lifted. daily covid-19 cases are also dropping to very low rates. active cases have decreased 75% from a high of 20,000 in april. hospitalization rates are also going down and are reaching a low point since march. at this point, more than 2.8 million people in minnesota who are 16 or older have at least one dose of some sort of vaccine. may 30 at this point, minnesota has an average rate of less than 400 daily covid cases. this is lowest it has been in 11 months. the covid test positivity rate is also at its lowest point (barely over 2%) since the beginning of the pandemic. the vaccine rate is decrease to only an average of 23,000 daily administered shots, a low since january. june 21 since before the pandemic, active cases fall below 1,000 cases for the first time. vaccination rates are slowing down drastically. it is projected that minnesota will only hit 70% vaccination rate for people who are 16 years or older in early august. as of this point, 62.5% of eligible people are completely vaccinated with 66.4% having at least one shot. june 29 minnesota has now consistently been below 100 daily cases. there are also no new deaths that have been reported (deaths caused by covid). this a drastic decrease from november's 7,000 daily cases. vaccination rates are still stagnant with only 10,000 daily shots administered. covid testing sites begin to close in places like crookston and wadena due to the decrease in demand for covid tests. july 7 daily cases increase slightly, but still very low (comparable to rates in april 2020). this is possible to the slow reports coming in from the july 4 weekend. there are no new covid related deaths over the july 4 weekend. covid reporting is reported to change from minnesota due to the very low case rates and hospitalization rates. covid deaths will be reported by the actual date of death instead on the date it was reported. also reports won't be posted on weekends and stop reporting the 14-day case rate from counties each week. metro transit also reported that it will resume some bus services. july 13 covid cases go up a little bit, but it is nothing alarming in the sense that another lockdown will happen. hospitalization rates are constant at around 100 cases. minnesota also saw covid related deaths to be at 3 deaths every day. this has not been this low since the early weeks of the pandemic. cases are high in black minnesotans due to vaccination rates being much lower compared to white or asian minnesotans. the delta variant is also becoming more of a threat in minnesota and no vaccine that is available is 100% effective against covid. august 17 covid cases have been increases as at this time, minnesota has seen 3,054 new covid cases. this is biggest increase minnesota has seen since april. cases are being found mostly in people who aren't vaccinated, but this includes children who are not able to get the vaccine. the covid test positivity rate is at 5.21%.this increase is making health officials recommending that boosters should be administered at least 8 months after being completely vaccinated. minnesota has reached 70% of people in minnesota who are 16 or older that have at least one dose of any covid vaccine. covid cases from kids that need hospitalization has increased to 2.2% compared to the less than 1% rate in the fall. august 27 at this point, the increase of cases isn't as bad compared to the previous spring and fall, but the daily cases per day has risen to 1,500 cases. this is 3 times greater compared to the beginning of august. this may be due to the delta variant. hospital care have also increased, but have not reached a peak yet. over half of every age group that is able to get the vaccine has at least one shot. health officials are concerned about the spread of covid pertaining to younger people. health department has said that 324 covid cases have been confirmed pertaining to schools, summer camps, and other similar places. this is an increase of 50% percent. responses state government "corona hours" sign at the lake area quick lube in white bear lake, minnesota- auto repair and maintenance shops are considered "essential businesses" on march 10, minnesota governor tim walz signed a bill dedicating $20.8 million to state coronavirus response. on march 13, governor walz declared a peacetime state of emergency. on march 15, governor walz authorized the temporary closing of all public k-12 schools from march 18 until at least march 27. on march 25, this closure was extended to may 4. on march 16, the minnesota legislature began scaling back operations and meeting on an on-call basis. governor walz also ordered the closure of public places, including all: restaurants, bars, coffee shops, gyms, theaters, breweries, ski resorts, and other public places until at least march 27. bars and restaurants in the state were closed only to dine-in customers; the businesses were allowed to continue to serve customers by take-out or delivery. on march 25, this order was extended until may 1. on march 25, governor walz issued a stay-at-home order, claiming that at this point it was too late to "flatten the curve" with relation to new cases. the stay-at-home order required minnesotans to restrict activity outside the home from 11:59 p.m. on march 27 until 5 p.m. on april 10. while the order did continue the closure of bars, restaurants, movie theaters, hair salons, and other "non-essential" locations, the majority of workplaces still remained open for some employees in order to provide "essential services." businesses deemed "essential" included mechanics (bike and auto), chiropractors, grocery stores, any store that sold food or drink including bakeries, butcher shops, liquor stores, and even popcorn shops. many restaurants remained open for take-out and curbside pickup. many retail stores also maintained a skeleton staff and offered curbside pickup, or only allowed a few people in the store at one time.