Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Follow guidance to curb virus, Walz pleads
Updated: 4:06 p.m. Minnesota is seeing “encouraging trends” in the pandemic with fewer hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, says Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm, but she warns that the next weeks will be “critical” to see if relaxing restrictions will have an impact on the virus spread. Minnesota health officials on Thursday reported 2,004 new cases and 44 deaths, which Gov. Tim Walz called “mixed news.” “We must continue to take precautions to combat the spread of virus around our state,” Malcolm reiterated. “We know that masking, social distancing, staying outside ...