MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There has been an increase in advanced cases of COVID-19 among Minnesota’s total vaccination.
In May and June, the state saw just under 10% of weekly cases as vaccine advances. But now, the Minnesota Department of Health says that as of Aug. 22, 29% of COVID-19 cases in Minnesota were advances.
MDH says it is happening because more people are getting vaccinated, so more of the cases will be among vaccinated people. They also say more fully vaccinated people return to normal activities as if the pandemic is over, leading to increased exposure.
MDH added that no vaccine is 100% effective and that the Delta variant is more transmissible.
In an effort to minimize the spread of the Delta variant, more mass test sites are being opened in the metro area.
The Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul is once again a semi-permanent testing site for COVID-19. It just reopened on Tuesday, in an effort to meet the demand for more test sites as students and teachers return to school and more people move into indoor activities in the fall and winter.
The test site will be open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will also be open on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The other massive tube test site will be at the Bloomington DMV, which opened Monday and will run Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Recently, a new report from the Mayo Clinic found that certain monoclonal antibody treatments may help patients who are normally at high risk for severe COVID-19 disease due to other health conditions to have mild to moderate symptoms. ,
In the study, most patients who received antibody treatment were less likely to be hospitalized.