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Copy shortlink: State health officials doubled down Monday on the need to restrict group gatherings and close indoor bars and restaurants, despite the launch of COVID-19 vaccinations and the lowest infection and hospitalization numbers in Minnesota since Halloween. Large gatherings over the holidays could refuel a pandemic that has led to 4,872 deaths in Minnesota and 399,311 infections with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, state Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said. "Though we have come down at quite a good healthy pace in our case growth, we're still quite...
Minnesota will get fewer Pfizer vaccines than expected this month Minnesota will get fewer Pfizer vaccines than expected this month Minnesota is among the states suddenly notified this week it will get significantly fewer Pfizer vaccines than expected in December. State health officials said next week's allocation from Pfizer has been cut by 44 percent, from 58,000 to 33,150. Minnesota has vaccinated 947 front-line health care workers this week as doses rolled out across the country, but next week's cutback means Minnesota and several other states will not be able to vaccinate as many people ...
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× More than one-quarter of all the confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Crow Wing County since the beginning of the pandemic occurred in the last week. The positive test results of nearly 600 county residents were counted this week by the Minnesota Department of Health. This coupled with 35 new hospitalizations since Nov. 5 demonstrates the accelerating community spread and its negative impacts witnessed across the state. All seven area counties, including Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd and Wadena, saw case numbers increase by triple digits this week. Complications fro...