Updated: 3:07 p.m.
Minnesota officials on Tuesday reported another 24 COVID-19 deaths, extending an already dreadful December and keeping the state on a path to reach a brutal milestone 5,000 total deaths by week’s end.
At the same time, other key COVID-19 metrics continue to offer definite signs of hope. New daily caseloads are retreating from their late November, early December peaks.
The Health Department posted 1,714 newly confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases, part of more than a week of relatively moderate new caseloads. An expected surge from Thanksgiving gatherings hasn’t happened yet.
The agency said 1,060 people were in the hospital with COVID-19 as of Monday, with 228 needing intensive care. The number of active, confirmed cases in Minnesota is below 20,000 the lowest since early November.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials held a virtual roundtable with several youth activists on Monday to get high school workers across the state who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic to apply for an estimated $14 million to $28 million in unemployment insurance funds.
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove said that around 10,000 applications are already being processed, and between 10,000 and 15,000 students are now eligible.
The Minnesota Department of Health reported less than 2,000 new infections and 22 deaths on Monday, the lowest number of single-day cases reported since late October.
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Gov. Walz held a media availability for Dec. 16. Watch a livestream here.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead on Wednesday, Oct. 28, talks with COVID-19 survivors and discusses how the state plans to fight the pandemic going forward. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
ST. PAUL Gov. Tim Walz held a media availability and sign the $216 million small business relief package into law at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at the Minnesota Department of Revenue.
Walz was joined by Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove and Minnesota Department of Education Deputy Commissioner Heather Mueller.
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Many Minnesota high school students who were denied unemployment benefits after being laid off from jobs during the pandemic are now eligible for retroactive benefits, but they have to act fast. The deadline to apply is Dec. 26. I believe it s critical that government step up in a moment like this where everybody is suffering catastrophe economically and from a health standpoint and that includes high school students, says Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
He filed a brief in support of a lawsuit filed on behalf of high school students denied benefits under an 81-year old state law that prohibits them from collecting unemployment.