Pop-up COVID testing site to open in Carver County following outbreak involving sports, young athletes CDC says people vaccinated with both doses can socialize with other vaccinated people with no masks COVID-19 variants found in 15 Minnesota counties, including all seven metro counties Strain of COVID-19 originally found in South Africa detected in Wisconsin 2 p.m. Health officials gave an update about Minnesota's COVID-19 situation, which you can listen to below. Today's update follows an announcement by Gov. Walz that vaccine eligibility will be expanded to 1.8 million more Minnesotans starting Wednesday. That group is made up of two tiers on MDH's vaccination plan, Phase 1b Tier 2 and Phase 1b Tier 3.