Credit: New Jersey National Guard via Flickr Note: The figures released on Monday April 5 were lower due to the holiday weekend, and the cases released on Tuesday April 6 are higher …
Read More »Osterholm: Time to rethink in-person learning in schools because of the B.1.1.7 threat
Credit: Bring me the news More warnings from the nation’s leading infectious disease experts as the B.1.1.7 strain of the coronavirus spreads rapidly across parts of the United States. Even when tens …
Read More »Here’s Minnesota’s COVID-19 update for Saturday, April 3
Credit: National Guard, via Flickr Saturday’s COVID update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 2,063 new cases and 11 new deaths. It is the third day in a row that …
Read More »Gov. Tim Walz rescinds five COVID-related executive orders
Credit: Governor’s Office, YouTube As Minnesota moves toward what is expected to be a return to relative normalcy as the launch of the COVID vaccine accelerates, Governor Tim Walz has rescinded a …
Read More »Here’s Minnesota’s COVID-19 update for Wednesday, March 24
Credit: Governor Tom Wolff via Flickr Wednesday’s COVID update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 1,323 new cases and nine new deaths. The seven new deaths increase the death toll …
Read More »Ely residents urged to get tested and quarantine due to COVID-19 outbreak
Minnesota National Guard Authorities have identified a “significant increase” in COVID-19 cases in Ely, prompting the St. Louis County Department of Public Health to remind people to get tested and self-quarantine if …
Read More »Here’s Minnesota’s COVID-19 update for Tuesday, March 23
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman via Flickr Tuesday’s COVID update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 870 new cases and seven new deaths. The …
Read More »Health Officials: ‘Widespread Transmission’ of B117 Variant in Minnesota
Credit: Maryland National Guard via Flickr A more contagious variant of the coronavirus is likely to spread widely throughout Minnesota, according to members of the Minnesota Department of Health. Variant B.1.1.7, first …
Read More »Here’s Minnesota’s COVID-19 update for Monday, March 22
Minnesota National Guard via Flickr Monday’s COVID update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 1,152 new cases and zero new deaths. The zero new deaths keep the state total at …
Read More »COVID variant outbreaks now in four Minnesota counties
Credit: New Jersey National Guard via Flickr Minnesota is now seeing outbreaks of the UK variant of COVID-19 in four counties, health officials announced Friday. Minnesota Department of Health Director of Infectious …
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