COVID-19 testing positivity rate continues to decline in Minnesota

Minnesota on Tuesday reported another 12 COVID-19 deaths and 1,088 infections with the novel coronavirus that causes the respiratory disease. While pandemic totals increased as a result to 7,091 COVID-19 deaths and 570,518 known infections in Minnesota, other statistical indicators continued to show an easing of the latest pandemic wave in the state. The seven-day average positivity rate of diagnostic testing, a key indicator of viral spread in Minnesota, has declined from a peak of 7.5% on April 8 to 6.6%. A child under 10 from the Marshall, Minn., area died Sunday from complications of COVID-19. The pediatric COVID-19 death is the third reported in Minnesota during the yearlong pandemic, but the first not to involve underlying health conditions or contributing factors.