Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients are filling Minnesota's intensive care units:

• Vaccinated people made up little more than 20% of coronavirus infections and COVID-19 hospitalizations at the beginning of the latest wave in July. By the last week of October, they made up 44% of infections and 33% of hospitalizations. But the proportion of the sickest cases needing intensive care hasn't budged in that time. Collectively on Tuesday, the Allina and Sanford hospital systems reported 124 COVID-19 patients in intensive care and 114 (or 92%) were unvaccinated. Health officials are bracing for continued pressure on hospital capacity but hoping that Minnesota will follow the trend of mountain states such as Colorado and Montana that have seen sharp declines in their coronavirus infection rates after peaking last month.