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Updated 11:39 a.m.
Downward trends in the trajectory of new COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions and test positivity rates in Minnesota continued Sunday.
Those encouraging signs, however, came as state health officials reported another 70 COVID-19 deaths in the state, raising December’s record monthly death toll to 1,257.
Averaged over the past week, the number of deaths reported each day is also dropping that number was 58 on Sunday, down from as high as 67 last week. But that average is still far above figures seen less than two months ago. On Nov. 1, the average daily death toll was 18.
And any recent improvements in COVID-19 stats could be jeopardized by upcoming holiday gatherings.
By STEVE KARNOWSKIDecember 10, 2020 GMT
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stands in front of Casper s and Runyon s Nook in St. Paul, Minn. to roll out a proposal for a legislative relief package, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Walz and Minnesota House Republicans unveiled relief proposals targeted at small businesses that have taken the hardest blow from the governor s tightening of the state s restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and expressed hope that lawmakers could pass a plan as early as next week. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stands in front of Casper s and Runyon s Nook in St. Paul, Minn. to roll out a proposal for a legislative relief package, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Walz and Minnesota House Republicans unveiled relief proposals targeted at small businesses that have taken the hardest blow from the governor s tightening of the state s restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and expressed hope that lawmakers could pass a plan as early
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A group of parents sued Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials Thursday, seeking to throw out his order that put high school sports on hold to