4/5 COVID-19 MN Projections vs. Reported

(MN has now published some info on their model, but since it’s not usable without spending more time than I intend, I continue to use this one, which seems to be using a more general version of the same sort of modeling. You’ll note a big jump on 4/14, possibly due to MN’s mistaken lumping of two days’ statistics into one release over the weekend, or possibly just a return to “normal” after several days of fewer deaths than originally predicted.)

  • Predicted for 4/5: (grabbed @ 8AM on 4/5, not updated since 4/1)
    • 8 deaths (7-8),  39 deaths (37-42) total, 932 projected by 8/4
    • ICU beds needed: 219 (174-266)
    • peak predicted:
      • 4/21-25, 36 deaths/day
      • peak ICU beds needed: 545 (290-948)
  • Actual for 4/5 (reported 11AM 4/6, current as of 4PM previous day)
    • hospitalized: 115 (57 ICU)
    • deaths:  1,  total 30

Note that a lot of the predictions will change starting tomorrow, as there was a huge projection update on that site. The news seems to get better, but the error bars are getting huge.