U.K. variant drives Minn. cases to 12th in U.S.

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3. Since its been nearly 2 weeks.. we're #5 now

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
Top 15 states in daily new cases per 100,000 population, 7 day moving average
#1 Michigan: 79 (was 59 on April 2)
#2 Rhode Island: 44
#3 New Jersey: 41
#4 Pennsylvania: 37
#5 Minnesota: 37 (was 31 on April 2)
#6 Delaware: 36
#7 New York: 35
#8 Connecticut: 34
#9 New Hamphshire: 32
#10 Colorado: 31
#11 Florida: 30
#11 Massachusetts: 30
#12 Maine: 29
#13 Illinois: 26
#14 Vermont: 24
#15 Alaska: 24

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/minnesota-covid-cases.html
Minnesota daily new cases, 7 day moving average
742 March 5 (lowest point since fall)
2106 April 13 (latest, and well above anything that was seen before October)
2.8 fold increase

One tiny hope of good news is a small drop in the 7 day average over the past 2 readings. Was 2342 on April 12, Latest is 2106 on April 13. (The 236 drop looks real small on the graph with a peak of 7052 on November 20 (but still going from 2342 to 2106 is a 10% drop)