Tue, Feb 13th, 2024 - 5:56am
March 11, 2022 - 7:07am | By Kyle Cornell
(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota's 2021 death toll is coming in higher than expected.
Health officials say there were more than 51-thousand deaths in the state last year, up 15-percent from 2020. Officials say more than five-thousand COVID-19 deaths account for most of the increase.
An increase in opioid overdose deaths also contributed significantly to the increase.
