What is COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota?
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] began affecting the state of [[Minnesota]] on March 6, 2020.{{cn}} On March 13, 2020 (when the number of confirmed cases had hit 14), [[Governor of Minnesota|Governor]] [[Tim Walz]] declared a [[state of emergency]] for the entire state.<ref>{{cite news|title=Heightened State of Readiness|work=Star Tribune Twin Cities|url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-declares-peacetime-emergency-to-combat-coronavirus-as-cases-rise-to-14/568772352|access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref> In early- to mid-January 2022, Governor Walz was pledging to support [[hospitals]] when the COVID-19 Omicron variant was spreading.<ref>{{cite document|title=Governor Announces Plans to Support Hospitals in Omicron COVID Surge|work=The Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan|url=https://mn.gov/governor/covid-19/news/#/detail/appId/1/id/515219z|access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref> The COVID-19 death count as of January 14, 2022 was 10,971.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bad Numbers in Minnesota are Accelerating|work=Minnesota Public Radio News|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/01/14/latest-on-covid19-in-mn|access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=COVID-19 Minnesota: Postivity Rates are Past 21.6%|publisher=WCCO Minnesota CBS News 4|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/01/14/latest-on-covid19-in-mn|access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref> Overall Minnesota cases by January 14 had hit just below 1.14 million.<ref>{{cite document|title=An Overview of Cases|work=The Minnesota Government|url=https://mn.gov/covid19/data/covid-dashboard/overview.jsp|access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2020s in Minnesota]] [[Category:COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|Minnesota]] {{us-stub}}