COVID-19 cases reach 629 in Minnesota, including 12 deaths

Two more deaths were reported Tuesday.

MARCH 31, 3:00 PM Update — The latest updates from the Minnesota Department for Health and Gov. Tim Walz in Tuesday afternoon’s media briefing:

– Both of the patients who were the latest to die from COVID-19 in Minnesota were from Hennepin County. Neither were residents in long-term care facilities.

– One was an 83-year-old who died in a hospital.

– The other was a 73-year-old who died from home.

– Of the 12 deaths reported in Minnesota so far, 8 have been in Hennepin County.

– 173 healthcare workers have tested positive for COVID-19.

Most of the healthcare workers exposed to the virus got it through travel or outside of a healthcare setting.  Continue reading.