TUESDAY, Nov. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The Sturgis motorcycle rally held in South Dakota in August triggered a surge of coronavirus cases in Minnesota, a new study finds.<\/p>\n
Before the rally, health officials expressed concern that it would cause new outbreaks, and these findings confirm that it did, CBS News<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n After the event that attracted nearly half-million people, about one-third of counties in Minnesota had coronavirus cases linked to the rally, according to the study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n Minnesota had 86 cases related to the rally, 51 people who went to the event and 35 who came into contact with those people later, state officials said.<\/p>\n Most of the patients didn’t develop serious illness, but four were hospitalized and one died, CBS News<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n “These findings highlight the far-reaching effects that gatherings in one area might have on another area,” the study authors wrote. “The motorcycle rally was held in a neighboring state that did not have policies regarding event size and mask use, underscoring the implications of policies within and across jurisdictions.”<\/p>\n At least 290 people in 12 states tested positive for the coronavirus after attending the motorcycle rally, the Associated Press<\/em> found, CBS News<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n![\"MedicalNews\"](\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/HealthDay\/healthday.png\")
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