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Minnesota COVID-19 weekly update: Outbreak remains at plateau as omicron dominates
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMinnesota’s current coronavirus outbreak remains at a plateau. New cases, hospitalizations and deaths all have remained relatively steady for more than a month. The amount of coronavirus genetic ...
COVID-19 weekly update: Omicron’s most contagious variant now dominant in MN
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMinnesota’s ongoing surge in coronavirus cases isn’t going anywhere, but it also doesn’t appear to be getting worse — at least not yet. The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that ...
COVID indicators’ mixed signals leave Minnesota threat unclear
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMixed COVID-19 statistics in Minnesota offer little indication of the direction of the pandemic —...
COVID infections decline despite viral variant in Minnesota
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCoronavirus levels in Minnesota have declined so far this year after a steady increase at the end of...
'A brazen scheme': 47 charged with siphoning $250M from COVID-19 child meal program
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON – Federal authorities unveiled charges against 47 people Tuesday accused of siphoning...
COVID-19 death toll in Minnesota reaches 15,000
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMinnesota has lost 15,000 people to COVID-19, a number bigger than the population of Brainerd and a sobering marker in the state's 3½½-year struggle with...
Thousands of Minnesota nurses launch 3-day strike over pay
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike Monday, pressing for salary increases...
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations down slightly in west central Minnesota
West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 16—WILLMAR — West Central Minnesota recorded nearly 400 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one death related to the coronavirus, according to the weekly situation update released Thursday ...
Minn. schools continue to loosen COVID protocols for new year ahead
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe majority of Minnesota students returning to classrooms this fall won't have to wear a mask. Most...
Another fall COVID surge? Minnesota ‘hoping for the best’ and planning for the worst
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSummer is waning, the State Fair is over, schools are back in class — it’s the time of year when most Minnesotans prepare to settle back into comfortable routines. Health officials fear the ...