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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is announcing the continuation of a statewide push to increase access to “no-barrier” COVID-19 testing with the fifth week of testing locations. MDH is partnering with local public health officials and other community partners to offer testing the week of Oct. 19 in Montevideo, Monticello, Cambridge, and Crookston. As
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced today that it will begin posting on its website COVID-19 cases detected using new antigen testing equipment approved by the FDA under an emergency use authorization. In posting these cases, MDH is following the guidance of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) – the independent professional
Following the advice of public health experts, senior advocates, labor leaders, doctors, hospitals, and long-term care providers, Governor Tim Walz today signed Executive Order 20-83, extending the COVID-19 peacetime emergency that gives the state flexibility in responding to rapidly-evolving issues stemming from COVID-19. The President’s COVID-19 national emergency remains in effect, and states of emergency are
The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 510 new cases of COVID-19, and 33 new deaths. More than 16,000 patients no longer need isolation and 598 patients are currently hospitalized, 290 of those in ICU. One new case was reported in both Polk County and Red Lake County, along with three new cases in Pennington
At least 145 employees at LM Wind Power in Grand Forks have tested positive for COVID-19, one of which was a spouse of an employee working at Highland Elementary School. “First of all, to shed some light on what happens – if we hear anything about a child, or family member of a child that
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced today that it has awarded $50 million in emergency health care grants to nearly 350 provider organizations across the state for preparing for and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants in Crookston were awarded to the Villa St. Vincent ($29,442) and RiverView Healthcare Association ($100,000). MDH awarded grants
