CDC tweaks COVID-19 policy

The CDC now changing course on how long vaccinated and boosted Americans who test positive for COVID-19 need to isolate.

The CDC now recommends that asymptomatic people with COVID-19 isolate for 5 days instead of 10 and if still without symptoms after their isolation time – mask up for five more days.

Minnesota has topped a million cases of the coronavirus since the pandemic began in March of 2020. The state Department of Health confirmed 4,155 new cases, lifting the total number of infections to 1,000,361. The figures released Monday do not include cases from the holiday weekend, which are expected to be updated Tuesday. Minnesota’s case count includes nearly 12,800 people who have become infected with COVID-19 more than once.

Johns Hopkins University researchers report that there has been 703 new virus cases per 100,000 people in Minnesota over the past two weeks. That ranks 21st in the country for new cases per capita.