What to know about Minnesota’s new statewide mask mandate
The executive order, which Gov. Tim Walz had teased earlier in the week, takes effect Saturday and will remain in place until the state’s peacetime emergency declaration ends.
Greta Kaul
Greta Kaul is MinnPost’s data reporter. She can be reached at gkaul@minnpost.com.
The daily coronavirus update: Announcement on mask mandate expected soon
Officials said the decision would come in the next day or two. Also,the Minnesota Department of Health announced 3 more deaths from COVID-19 in Minnesota and that the statewide total for positive cases had risen to 47,457 since the start of the outbreak.
The daily coronavirus update: Clay County infant dies from COVID-19
The child had no known underlying health conditions and had two causes of death listed: upper and lower respiratory tract infection and COVID-19.
The daily coronavirus update: 3 deaths; 734 new cases
A total of 1,541 Minnesotans have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the outbreak.
The daily coronavirus update: 7 more deaths; State investigating bars and restaurants for social-distancing compliance
For the third day in a row, the Minnesota Department of Health announced more than 600 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
How political newcomer Antone Melton-Meaux managed to raise six times the money that Rep. Ilhan Omar did
Melton-Meaux has been able to raise funds from people who can make large contributions — including a range of local DFL notables who would normally be expected to support the incumbent.
Want to avoid the polls this year? Here’s everything you need to know about absentee voting in Minnesota
With COVID-19 on many voters’ minds, Minnesota has sent out a record number of absentee ballots — more than 350,000 as of last week.
The daily coronavirus update: Walz extends peacetime emergency
Minnesota officials reported two more deaths due to COVID-19 and 491 new confirmed cases of the disease.
The number of concentrated-poverty neighborhoods in the Twin Cities has doubled since 1980
Once poverty is concentrated in a neighborhood, the neighborhood usually stays poor.
The daily coronavirus update: 8 more deaths; MDH warns against ‘COVID Parties,’ which are not a real thing
Rumors of people throwing COVID parties — in which people purportedly tried to get COVID-19 — have been widely shared by officials and never turn out to be true.
The daily coronavirus update: 3 deaths; 564 new cases
None of the three people whose deaths were announced on Tuesday were residents of long-term care facilities.
The daily coronavirus update: five more deaths; 512 more cases in Minnesota
The deaths announced by the Minnesota Department of Health Sunday include those not reported Saturday due to the holiday. All of the reported deaths were among residents of long-term care facilities.
Planning to visit a Minnesota state park this holiday weekend? You won’t be alone
Since the coronavirus pandemic has shut down many other activities, parks in Minnesota have seen record numbers of visitors.
The daily coronavirus update: State meets testing-capacity goal; Walz mulling mask mandate
The Minnesota Department of Health also announced Monday that 10 more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19, for a total of 1,435.
Despite pandemic fears, fall enrollment for Minnesota higher ed looks relatively steady
The hit to fall enrollment that some were predicting has so far not materialized.
The daily coronavirus update: 6 more deaths; 417 new cases
According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 1,417 Minnesotans have died of COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic so far.
The daily coronavirus update: third day of increased new cases; some cases tied to bar visits
The Minnesota Department of Health also said Friday that five more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19, for a total of 1,411.
The daily coronavirus update: Five more deaths; new data on disparities in cases
MDH also said Wednesday there have been 33,763 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota. The number of confirmed cases is up 294 from Tuesday’s count.
Minnesota’s construction industry has been hit hard by COVID-19, and recovery may be slow
Construction work in Minnesota is always seasonal, with workers applying for unemployment during the winter months. But this spring, those unemployment applications only increased.
The daily coronavirus update: 8 more deaths, all among long-term care residents
As of Sunday, there were a total of 32,920 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota.
