Minnesota State Wire

Minnesota confirmed it's first case of COVID-19 on March 6, and since then, the pandemic has impacted every asset of people's lives statewide.

The Twin Cities Pioneer Press published a variety of charts analyzing the data.

Between March 16 and March 30, 270,882 Minnesotans filed unemployment claims.

Outstate freeway traffic dropped to it's lowest point on March 28 at -55% and metro traffic dropped -70% on the same day. Freeway traffic has continued to fluctuate since that time.

The price for a gallon of gas dropped to $1.79 in the Twin Cities and $1.68 overall in Minnesota on April 8.

Stocks for United Health Group, Ecolab, 3M, Target and Best Buy all took a hit on March 20.

On March 24, many local news websites like twincities.com, mprnews.org, minnesota.cbslocal.com, and startribune.com saw a spike in visitors.

The number of serious crimes reported in the St. Paul were higher in 2020 than they were in 2019. The second half of February, 488 serious crimes were reported. Only 360 reports were filed during the same time last year.  The second half of March, 511 serious crimes were reported. About 447 reports were filed during the same time last year.

This data includes the following crimes: homicide, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, theft, auto theft and burglary, according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press.

During the third week of March 48,984, 911 calls were made, compared to 53,021 calls in 2019.

During the fourth week of March 46,133 911 calls were made, compared to 51,796 calls in 2019.

Pending property sales spiked during the second week of March at 1,205 and the number of new business filings are trending downward this year with only 5,860 files in March.

In 2019, there were 6,928 filings during that same time period.