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

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1. We're at number 9 now, after a 2.3 fold increase in new cases in less than a month

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: 59
#2 New Jersey: 51
#3 New York: 42
#4 Connecticut: 35
#5 Rhode Island: 33
#6 Delaware: 33
#7 Massachusetts: 33
#8 Pennsylvania: 31
#9 Minnesota: 31
#10 Vermont: 29
#11 New Hampshire: 28
#12 Florida: 25
#13 Colorado: 25
#14 Alaska: 24
#15 Nebraska: 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)
1729 April 2 (latest, and well above anything that was seen before October)
2.3 fold increase

EDIT: Update
2,075 cases reported 4/3 (so that will drive the 7-day higher)

MDH won't be reporting any on Easter Sunday (they usually report every day of the week)
Their Monday 4/5 report will be what would normally be released on Sunday
Their Tuesday 4/6 report will be a combination of 2 reports: the Monday and Tuesday reports