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It took 28 days for Minnesota to lose 121 people to COVID-19. It took just seven more for the count to double. State health officials announced 23 more deaths Saturday, pushing the statewide total to 244 since the first Minnesotan to die from the virus was reported March 21. People living in long-term care facilities…

Twenty-three more people have died from COVID-19 in Minnesota, state health officials reported Saturday, as the number of confirmed cases continued to mount with expanded coronavirus testing across the state. The statewide toll is now 244 deaths, according to data posted Saturday morning by the Minnesota Department of Health. All but one of the new…

As of Monday morning, 143 Minnesotans had died from COVID-19, with more than half of those fatalities occurring since April 14. The virus has now claimed more lives in the U.S. than anywhere in the world, including an estimated 15,000 in the last week alone. Some public health experts believe the limited availability of testing…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak in Minnesota (all times local): 12:20 p.m. Minnesota has reported 143 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 13 additional deaths. The new cases bring the total confirmed in Minnesota to 2,356 since testing began in early March, according to the Minnesota Department of…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here."Liberate Minnesota" protesters are calling for Gov. Tim Walz to reopen businesses and end a stay-at-home order aimed at controlling the spread of coronavirus, organizer Michele Even said Saturday.Appearing on "Fox & Friends Weekend," Even said the demonstrators want their "rights restored."CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE…