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Here’s every Minnesota health club that had a known COVID outbreak

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The Minnesota Department of Health on Friday released a list of every health and fitness club and gym that has met its threshold for a coronavirus outbreak.They stretch from an outbreak of at least 23 known cases in the Rochester Athletic Club to one of at least 12 known cases at a Life Time in White Bear Lake.The state’s threshold for an “outbreak” is at least seven cases from different households that reported visiting or using that facility within the last month prior to symptoms or testing positive.Health officials use one month because it’s roughly two incubation periods for the virus. By using that time frame, they’re acknowledging they’re not catching every case; obviously, if none of the seven were there at the same time on the same day, transmission from one to another is unlikely. In other words, health officials say each outbreak has “at least XX confirmed cases” associated with it.There’s also context around the individual cases: When they’re being questioned by contact tracers, individuals are asked about all likely sources of exposure. Epidemiologists are looking for a pattern to emerge where the likelihood of seven random people being sick and getting COVID from somewhere other than the same place they visited is so remote that they can conclude the health club they all visited is the source of those cases. In the vast majority of COVID-19 cases in Minnesota, contact tracing never determines a source.This list is similar to a list of bars and restaurants with outbreaks that the that the state has produced.Another note on this list: Health officials only started asking about health clubs in August. Then in November, once they concluded that outbreaks were occurring and , they stopped asking. That’s why the data stops in early November. However, after they were closed, club members, the industry, elected officials, and the governor’s office started asking for fresh data moving forward, so in early December the question of whether someone attended a health club was added back in. So while this data is as of Dec. 11, it should really only be viewed as current as of Nov. 13.Here’s the list:PrintThanks for reading!Get unlimited access to enjoy this article and moreAlready a subscriber? LoginView more on

The Minnesota Department of Health on Friday released a list of every health and fitness club and gym that has met its threshold for a coronavirus outbreak.They stretch from an outbreak of at least 23 known cases in the Rochester Athletic Club to one of at least 12 known cases at a Life Time in White Bear Lake.The state’s threshold for an “outbreak” is at least seven cases from different households that reported visiting or using that facility within the last month prior to symptoms or testing positive.Health officials use one month because it’s roughly two incubation periods for the virus....

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