Duluth City Councilor Terese Tomanek intends to introduce an emergency ordinance that would place a mask mandate in Duluth's public places and she has support.
Minnesota is in the top five states in seeing increases in COVID cases, and our local hospitals are already seeing high volumes due to a variety of issues, including COVID.
In Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd, five more patients are now in the ICU compared to the number reported Friday for a total of 14. Thirteen of those are COVID-positive and 11 are unvaccinated exceeding the capacity of the hospital’s 10-bed ICU unit.
According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the Northeastern Minnesota region had five ICU beds available Tuesday, which is less than 5% of the total capacity.
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