MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota surpassed 13,000 COVID-19 deaths earlier this month with the toll still falling hardest on the elderly, unhealthy and unvaccinated.
The coronavirus remains capable of surprises, though, as it veers to vulnerable locations or demographics or mutates into variants that threaten new populations. The past week's state COVID-19 update revealed a new twist: Women outnumber men in COVID-19 deaths this summer.
Women made up 45% of the 12,649 deaths before June, but 55% of the 323 deaths reported so far this summer.
