| April 22, 2021 Tonight’s forecast calls for increasing clouds, with showers developing in southwest Minnesota and spreading northeast. Low temperatures will be in the mid-30s to lower 40s. Tomorrow, look for mostly cloudy skies and a chance of rain showers. Highs will be in the upper 40s to mid-50s. Get the latest on Updraft. Hundreds of mourners attended funeral services today in Minneapolis for Daunte Wright. Wright was shot and killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer during a traffic stop on April 11. Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy. "You thought he was just some kid with an air freshener. He was a prince and all of Minneapolis is stopped today to honor the prince of Brooklyn Center," Sharpton said.
One of the jurors that served through the testimony and arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial says medical testimony was a compelling element of the case. On Tuesday, the jury convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of all three counts of murder and manslaughter for killing George Floyd last year. Alternate juror Lisa Christensen, who appeared on CBS This Morning, did not take part in jury deliberations. She said she wasn't sure if she would have voted guilty on both murder counts and a manslaughter charge. But she was sure Chauvin was guilty of at least some of the charges he faced.
Minnesota’s COVID-19 outbreak continues to see slight improvements. State health department numbers released Thursday suggest a recent surge in case growth peaked last week. The department reported about 1,700 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. Despite the proliferation of more contagious variants statewide, the average positivity rate in Minnesota has fallen for seven straight days.
Also this week, deaths from COVID-19 are trending flat. The state health department reported today that 10 more Minnesotans have died from the disease. Vaccination rates are still declining statewide, in part, because of a reduced supply of vaccines.
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