Though Minnesota and Wisconsin took different approaches to combatting Covid-19, their death rates are comparable. What happened?
Minnesotans who have watched the bar scene across the border from the Twin Cities in Hudson, Wisconsin remain relatively lively during parts of the Covid-19 pandemic when their own state’s watering holes were closed might be wondering: Why are the Covid-19 death rates in Minnesota and Wisconsin so similar?
As of Thursday, Wisconsin had recorded 6,549 deaths due to Covid-19, compared to 6,319 deaths in Minnesota. When you adjust that for the size of the two states’ populations (Wisconsin is slightly larger), the rates work out to 112 Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 residents in both states.