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.