ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO KFGO) – The Minnesota Department of Health reported significant COVID numbers Wednesday with nearly 3,900 new cases and 40 deaths, including two people in their 20s and 30s.
The state’s positivity rate has also shot up to 7.3%. They are some of the highest numbers Minnesota has seen since 2020.
University of Minnesota Infectious Disease Director Dr. Michael Osterholm said people who are still not willing to take the vaccine are putting themselves at risk unnecessarily.
“We have people dying needlessly that don’t have to because they could have been vaccinated and protected. Of the 700,000 people that have died in this country from COVID, 400,000 have died since vaccines have been available. Many of those people could have been protected. The same is true in Minnesota.
Osterholm adds that the pandemic is continuing to be a national issue because of those who won’t get vaccinated.
Gov. Tim Walz and Education Commissioner Heather Mueller a held a press conference Wednesday afternoon calling for a special session to enact legislation that would require more masking and testing requirements in schools.
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