[minnducker]

Although Minnesota was mentioned as a problem state in an earlier post, the state has actually fared pretty well. There have been 1571 deaths from Covid-19 in the state so far this year, but 1204 of those were people living in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. A person's median life expectancy after entering a nursing home in Minnesota was 4 months before there was Covid-19, so many of the Covid fatalities would have happened for some other reason since these victims are extremely vulnerable. Also, for more than a month now, the number of deaths each day has been less than 10, except for one day when it was 13. In normal, pre-Covid-19 times, 122 people die each day in Minnesota from all causes, but about 10% from influenza and other respiratory diseases.

 

[minnducker]

Norwester, in answer to your question; the governor of Minnesota did not place covid infected people in nursing homes, but that did happen in New York. As far as I know, and from what has been reported, the high death rate in Minnesota nursing homes was simply due to the high risk individuals residing in those nursing homes.
If you remember, one of the first serious outbreaks in the US was in a Seattle nursing home where 22 people died in one facility. There were at least 2 facilities in Minnesota where more than 20 people died, and many other facilities with a smaller number of deaths.