MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota saw more than 275,000 new COVID-19 cases in January, the highest monthly total for the pandemic.
Fueled by the highly infectious omicron variant, the state surpassed the monthly record of 180,000 cases set in November 2020 before the COVID-19 vaccines were introduced.
But omicron has not caused as many hospitalizations and deaths, due in part to Minnesota's COVID-19 vaccination rate of 64.7%.
