According to a release from Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch, at 9:35 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, the Cass County Sheriff's Office received a report of a medical situation at a house on Waboose Trail NW in Pike Bay Township near Cass Lake.
More than 7,000 second COVID-19 vaccine doses given in Minnesota New website seeks to provide more real-time information to Minnesotans about the pace of vaccination. January 12, 2021 12:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
More than 144,000 people have received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Minnesota and 7,392 have completed the two-dose course that is 95% effective at preventing the infectious disease.
Those figures were reported Tuesday on a new Minnesota COVID-19 vaccine website that health officials said will keep people better informed about the state s progress amid the pandemic.
The website also shows that 541,100 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have been designated to Minnesota, though that includes some second booster doses that people are supposed to receive within three to four weeks for maximum protection. Some of those doses are still being shipped to Minnesota as well.
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Bars, restaurants and other venues will reopen with restrictions on Monday amid continued declines in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in Minnesota.
Gov. Tim Walz announced the dial-back in the state s pandemic response on Wednesday, noting that Minnesota s COVID-19 case rate has fallen below pre-surge levels and that bars and restaurants can operate at minimal risk if customers comply with rules that prevent viral transmission. The way we help them out is, let s not let the virus surge again. … By wearing a mask and social distancing, that keeps your local bar and restaurant open. It keeps your school open. It keeps your hospital capacity under critical levels, the governor said.
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Minnesota has received an allocation of 396,350 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and administered 81,167 shots against an infectious disease that has caused at least 5,528 deaths in the state, according to an update Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Health.
State health officials said they remain on track to vaccinate an initial priority group of health care workers and long-term care residents by month s end, and hopeful that this will accelerate Minnesota s progress amid the pandemic.
Minnesota on Wednesday reported another 67 COVID-19 deaths and 2,346 diagnosed infections, bringing the state s known infection count to 427,587. The latest data also showed a total of 140 patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care beds in Minnesota hospitals, a rapid decline from the 399 such patients on Dec. 1.
Minnesota s first COVID-19 vaccines arrived Monday at four different locations across the state.
Those sites included the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, Olmsted Medical Center and Cass Lake Indian Health Services.
Future vaccine distribution will go through a series of hubs across the state, including one in St. Cloud, according to information shared by the Minnesota Department of Health on Monday.
Minnesota expects to receive 46,800 units of the vaccine this week, according to state health officials on a Monday call with reporters. This is an exciting day for Minnesota, said Gov. Tim Walz in a statement. He met the arrival of the first vaccines at the Minneapolis VA on Monday. The first vaccines are here. They are safe, and they will be ready to go soon. The sun is coming up, Minnesota.