Good morning and welcome to a new week. As the U.S. continues to grapple with the pandemic, crossing the 5 million total case mark on Sunday, Minnesota also hit a grim milestone over the weekend, with the latest case total now over 60,000. More on COVID-19, after weather. 

Severe storms bring large hail, damaging winds, torrential rain overnight writes MPR News' Andrew Krueger.Today a break from humidity. The daylight hours of Monday look rain-free in most of Minnesota. Highs will be in the upper 70s, with lower 80s in southeastern Minnesota. More on Updraft. 

Coronavirus seems far from contained; Minnesota reports 924 and 806 cases on the weekend. The state saw a new daily record for COVID-19 cases on Saturday when officials confirmed more than 900 cases a day. Sunday’s case number was down from Saturday's record high, but still ahead of the recent daily average. As the state continues to see upticks in new daily cases, health officials are asking Minnesotans to stay vigilant in efforts to slow the virus’ spread, including self-isolating at home when waiting for COVID-19 test results.

Here are the latest coronavirus  statistics in Minnesota:

• 60,898 cases confirmed (806 new) via 1,159,139 tests

• 1,657 deaths (nine new)

• 5,555 cases requiring hospitalization

• 312 people remain hospitalized; 148 in intensive care

• 53,568 patients no longer needing isolation

No, the rumors aren't true. Children can get severely ill from COVID-19. And the chances are several times higher for Hispanic and Black children than their white peers -- with Hispanic kids about eight times as likely as white children to be hospitalized and Black children five times as likely. Researchers don’t have an answer yet to why some racial groups are hospitalized at higher rates than others, but a CDC report says: "It has been hypothesized that Hispanic adults might be at increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection because they are overrepresented in frontline occupations.”

Another big news of this week: It’s Minnesota’s primary day Tuesday. If you haven’t voted by mail and are planning to go to the polls this week, here are some election resources from MPR News you may find helpful: 

• Do you know what’s on your ballot?: MPR News and the League of Women Voters of Minnesota have built a voter's guide where you can enter your address, political party preference and find out what's on your ticket.

• MPR News with Angela Davis on the state primary:  At 11 a.m. today, host Angela Davis will be joined by MPR News political reporter Brian Bakst for a preview of the primary and a look ahead to November. You can also join the conversation live by calling 651-227-6000 or send a tweet to @AngelaDavisMPR during the hour. 

• Living in the 5th District? Here’s what Rep. Ilhan Omar and her challenger Antone Melton-Meaux said about their campaign funds, police reform, Black Lives Matter movement and more. 

• Here’s a list of primaries for the state Legislature seats: There will be 25 DFL primaries and 15 Republican primaries; of those 40 legislative primaries, 11 incumbent Democrats and 7 incumbent Republicans face primary challenges.

• Voting in person 101, pandemic edition: For voters concerned about going to the polls amid the pandemic, here are answers from the Secretary of State office to some key questions on how to vote safely in person this election year.

— Jiwon Choi, MPR News | @ChoiGEE1