Coronavirus Pandemic

Iowa sees 16 daily coronavirus deaths, 1,057 confirmed cases

10/01/2020 01:00 PM

There now have been 1,358 deaths and 89,612 confirmed positive cases. The state reported 18 deaths Wednesday ...

MAP: Data for K-12 schools by COVID-19 case rate

MDH: 13 new COVID-19 deaths, state surpasses 100K cumulative cases

Here's how each school district in the metro is holding classes this fall

MDH announces next round of COVID-19 community testing events

In this May 23, 2020, file photo, a vehicle arrives at COVID-19 testing site at Steele Indian School Park, in Phoenix. Coronavirus cases are rising in nearly half the U.S. states, as states are rolling back lockdowns.

U of M epidemiologist addresses current state of COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota, nationwide

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, makes a brief comment as he leaves the Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington.

Pelosi, Mnuchin have 'extensive' talks on COVID relief

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin held an "extensive conversation" Wednesday on a huge COVID-19 rescue package, meeting face to face for the first time in more than a month in a last-ditch effort to seal a tentative accord on an additional round of coronavirus relief...

Most businesses anticipate longer stretch of employees working from home, DEED commissioner says

Almost half of business owners in Minnesota do not expect their workplaces to go back to "normal" for at least six months, according to a new survey...

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A waiter takes an order from customers sitting indoors as another has lunch at an outdoor table at Ginger and Lemongrass restaurant, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in New York. The city on Wednesday began allowing restaurants to offer indoor dining at 25 percent capacity.

WHO announces nearly $1 billion to fight COVID

The World Health Organization announced nearly $1 billion in new pledges on Wednesday for the effort to battle the coronavirus pandemic and make sure that poor countries get treatments and vaccines against COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 briefing: MDH encourages getting flu shot amid pandemic, addresses patient data privacy

Hospitals feel squeeze as coronavirus spikes in Midwest

FILE - In this March 13, 2020, file photo, a nurse at a drive up COVID-19 coronavirus testing station, set up by the University of Washington Medical Center, holds a swab used to take a sample from the nose of a person in their car in Seattle.

COVID-19 in Wisconsin: Single-day record 27 new deaths, 91 more hospitalizations

Study: Neanderthal genes are a liability for COVID patients

This 2020 electron micrsocope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. Coronaviruses, including the newest one, are named for the spikes that cover their outer surface like a crown, or corona in Latin. Using those club-shaped spikes, the virus latches on to the outer wall of a human cell, invades it and replicates, creating viruses to hijack more cells.

Report: No positive COVID-19 tests for Vikings on Tuesday

No Minnesota Vikings players tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to ESPN reporter Dan Graziano ...

Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants

Mama Fox bar and restaurant owner Samantha DiStefano, center, discusses her indoor dining reopening plans with manager Akin Payne, right, as bartender Devon Schickling, left, prepares drinks for outdoor diners, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in New York. DiStefano and her staff are preparing to serve patrons indoors for the first time since the pandemic halted indoor restaurant service in March.

COVID-19 in Wisconsin: State records highest single day increase in deaths from COVID-19 since May

FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Tuesday, April 21, 2020, U.S. health regulators OK'd the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states. The sample will still have to be shipped for processing back to LabCorp, which operates diagnostic labs throughout the U.S.

Study finds few Wisconsin residents with COVID-19 antibodies

A sign in the window of a store in Hudson, Wisconsin, notifies patrons that masks are required prior to entry.

COVID-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen

Students greet school staff as they arrive for in-person classes outside Public School 188 The Island School, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms starting Tuesday as New York City enters a high-stakes phase of resuming in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

In this Friday, May 1, 2020, photo, medical workers test a local resident at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Waterloo, Iowa.

MDH reports 5 new COVID-19 deaths, 817 more cases

Orono Intermediate School moves from hybrid to distance learning for 14 days following positive COVID-19 cases

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A viral march across the planet, tracked by a map in motion

On a Thursday night in early January, the disease that would become known as COVID-19 claimed its first victim, a 61-year-old man who succumbed to the newly identified coronavirus in the city of Wuhan, in the People's Republic of China...

In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, recently filled graves are seen in the Olifantsveil Cemetery outside Johannesburg, South Africa. The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders' resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work.

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million

The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, comes nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders' resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work ...

In this Sept. 24, 2020, file photo, cemetery workers place the coffin containing the remains of Jose de Arimateia, 65, who died from COVID-19 complications, into a niche at the municipal cemetery in Nova Iguacu, Brazil. The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders' resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work.

COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 2 new deaths, 47 more hospitalizations

A total of 117,588 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Wisconsin, with 1,726 new cases reported Monday ...

This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. They said Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 that genetic tests show a 33-year-old man returning to Hong Kong from a trip to Spain in mid-August had a different strain of the coronavirus than the one he’d previously been infected with in March.

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