Experts agree that holding such events in this climate is not a best practice for public health.
At least 21 cases have been traced to outbreaks occurring at rally events in Bemidji on September 18, a speech held by Vice President Mike Pence on September 24 in Minneapolis, and another rally held by President Donald Trump on September 30 in Duluth, the department said in an email to CNN.
Trump's Bemidji rally took place in an airport hanger. According to a CNN producer who attended the event, at least 2,000 people were in attendance. Based on contact tracing by the state Department of Health, at least 16 cases, including two hospitalizations, were identified among attendees. On September 24, Pence and the President's daughter, Ivanka Trump, held a"Cops for Trump" listening event indoors at the InterContinental Hotel in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The state Department of Health has found three event attendees with Covid-19 infections.
The increase in cases coincides with an overall upward trend of new cases in the state of Minnesota that started September 10. The state's average number of daily new cases was 727 on September 18 and had more than doubled a month later to 1,506. The state set a daily record number of new cases on October 16 with 2,290 cases.
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