Note: Our weekly COVID updates are now being released on Fridays to better align with when the Metro Council unveils new wastewater information.
The latest COVID-19 figures in Minnesota are in case levels and hospitalizations are the lowest they’ve been in the state since last spring, with hospitalizations dropping significantly in the new report.
Note: Our weekly COVID updates are now being released on Fridays to better align with when the Metro Council unveils new wastewater information.
Minnesota’s COVID numbers March 8-14
The 7-day moving average is tough to pinpoint because case data lags and most people take COVID tests at home and the health department can’t track those. That said, the latest reporting period shows the average number of daily cases between 350-420, which is the lowest since March 2022.
Hospitalizations as of March 14: 285 – down from 370 last week. It includes 23 (down from 34) people in ICU and 262 (down from 336) in non-ICU.
Deaths reported March 8-14: 58 – up from 48 last week (14,497 total)
All of the graphs above (and more) are available to the public through the Minnesota Department of Health, right here.
Wastewater trends in the latest update from the Metropolitan Council in the Twin Cities shows that the amount of coronavirus flowing into the Metro Plant during the week ending March 13 increased by 2% from the previous week.
“The total level of virus remained relatively steady last week compared to the previous week. XBB sublineages are the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants in the Metro Plant service area,” the Met Council said.
There are now bivalent COVID boosters that target the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants available in Minnesota. You can find out where to get one right here.
