5,908 new COVID-19 cases in Minnesota, another record; 31 more deaths

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https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-hits-fresh-record-with-5-908-new-covid-cases/573008861/

The Minnesota Department of Health reported an increase of 5,908 new confirmed coronavirus infections on Sunday, another single-day high in the state. Thirty-one more people have died of COVID-19 in Minnesota, according to a data release on Sunday morning. That brings the total number of cases confirmed in Minnesota to 180,862. Statewide, the pandemic’s toll reached 2,656 deaths.

Residents of long-term care and assisted-living facilities accounted for 19 of the newly announced deaths. Numbers released Sunday show health care workers have accounted for 16,037 cases statewide. COVID-19 is a viral respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus that surfaced late last year. Since the first case was reported in Minnesota in early March, 11,527 people have been hospitalized.

Gov. Tim Walz is expected to renew the peacetime pandemic state of emergency this week, triggering a sixth special session of the Minnesota Legislature. Republicans have pushed unsuccessfully to end the DFL governor’s use of executive powers in past sessions. No other major legislative proposals related to the pandemic were announced as of late last week. People at greatest risk from COVID-19 include those 65 and older, residents of long-term care facilities and those with underlying medical conditions.

Those health problems range from lung disease and serious heart conditions to severe obesity and diabetes. People undergoing treatment for failing kidneys also run a greater risk, as do those with cancer and other conditions where treatments suppress immune systems. Most patients with COVID-19 don’t need to be hospitalized. The illness usually causes mild or moderate symptoms; many cases are asymptomatic. Confirmed cases have been reported in all of the state’s 87 counties.

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1. Out State Minny has

some major problems. Way to damn many people not giving a crap about others. Heard yesterday once again from a South Western Minny acquaintance,you know this is a hoax. Yah right,asked him about the Covid going away on Wednesday,well,not a problem it has been a hoax in order to get Biden Elected. You can not reason with the kool aide drinkers.

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2. If the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area was removed in toto, MN seems like Mississippi with snow

in far too many areas.

Goes to show that my Nordic (I am half Swedish, half Bajan aka Barbadian) ancestors are all too capable of going full blast RW asshole given a fresh start and the right zeitgeist. Same for ND, SD, IA, WI, and MI. I think (not sure) that those would be the states with the highest percentage of Nordic descent folk. I know Chicago has a large group of long-ago Swedish immigrants, centred around Andersonville (or were).

https://swedishpress.com/article/andersonville-chicago

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3. Spent five decades doing Sales

in both the Metro as well as out state. Had to wade through the Ignorance for the time frame. After Vietnam so many returning Vets from the Farms were just plain filled with hate,and the Cancellation of Corn and Bean EXports by Carter,then RayGun bullshited these same gullible people and all hell broke lose out state which carries on even too today's Generations on the Farms. Yes,they are all Drunk on Fox news and Limbaugh hate Radio.