As COVID wave continues, Minnesota Gov. Walz says he has no plans to declare emergency

Nov 18, 20210

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U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is reflected in a pillar while Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, news conference at Mayo Clinic in downtown Rochester, highlighting the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine for children. Joe Ahlquist / Post Bulletin

ST. PAUL - New cases, positive test rates, deaths and hospitalizations for COVID-19 remained high in Minnesota Wednesday, Nov. 17, amid a steadily worsening wave of infections in the state.

Hospitalizations remain at their highest since December of last year, reaching 1,382, while test positivity rates and seven-day rolling average cases remained among the highest in the U.S. at 70.9 per 100,000 people.

Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday said he had no plan to reinstate a state of emergency in Minnesota to combat COVID-19 as the state continued to rank among the top in the country for new cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

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