ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Change is on the menu for many Twin Cities restaurants, with requirements from Wednesday for customers to either have a vaccine or a negative COVID-19 test. But a little-known rule increases the confusion for places in St. Louis. Paul. READ … Read More

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Researcher Steven Balogh studies wastewater from the Metro plant in St. Paul, which collects from nearly two million people from 66 cities. The plant measures the amount of virus that the population excretes by going to the toilet. The viral load is … Read More

VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) A Twin Cities man credits a newly available antiviral pill for treating COVID-19 by keeping him out of the hospital. Jeff Carlson, 61, is at high risk for serious illness with COVID-19 and met the requirements to get the treatment due … Read More

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minnesota’s latest average positivity rate has exceeded 20% and continues to climb to record levels as the state moves to employ hundreds more health workers to help hospitals. According to the State Department of Health, the seven-day rolling average positivity rate is … Read More

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – We learn more about preventive treatment for the most vulnerable Minnesota residents in the fight against COVID-19. Lisa Stackhouse is one of the few Minnesota residents to receive a newly approved monoclonal antibody therapy designed to protect people who are immunocompromised against … Read More

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO ​​/ AP) With the state’s average positivity rate now pushing even further into record territory, Minnesota officials reported 10,964 new cases and 44 more deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday. But Monday’s figures included “some cases that were delayed in being reported due … Read More

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – This winter’s COVID-19 increase has caused a record number of cases in children. More than 325,000 infections in children were reported nationwide last week – the highest number since the pandemic started. This means that about every fifth case is now among … Read More

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) Minnesota ranks second in the country for booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, with 30% receiving additional shots as experts compete to understand a new viral variant and dull its effect. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday strengthened its recommendation … Read More

Originally published November 22, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Dozens of Minnesota hospitals have no beds available to care for sick children or adults right now. READ MORE: COVID in Minnesota: Nat’l Guard arrives as hospitals are overrun with COVID cases The Minnesota Department of Health … Read More

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Dozens of Minnesota hospitals have no beds available to care for sick children or adults right now. The Minnesota Department of Health reports that more than three-quarters of the state’s ICU beds are full, and 52 hospitals cannot take more patients at … Read More