Good morning and welcome to your Monday Digest. For daily updates, subscribe to the Minnesota Today podcast . There are 45 Minnesota counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases. And four new fatalities Sunday brings the virus' death toll to nine: "The four new deaths included three in Hennepin County — one person in their 50s with underlying medical conditions, and two others in their 80s or 90s. All three had connections to long-term care facilities. The fourth was in southern Minnesota's Martin County; that person also was in their 80s or 90s but was not linked to a long-term care facility."
Police will enforce the governor's stay-at-home order in Minneapolis. Via the Star Tribune : "Minneapolis police officers will enforce the statewide stay-at-home order in the city, but they will focus first on education and outreach, Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said at a news conference Friday afternoon. 'We have to take this very seriously,' Arradondo said. 'Our No. 1 goal is trying to get voluntary compliance, but if that should fail we will use enforcement measures that are appropriate.'"
The White House is stepping up its coronavirus mitigation efforts. Reports the AP: "Bracing the nation for a death toll that could exceed 100,000 people, President Trump on Sunday extended restrictive social distancing guidelines through April, bowing to public-health experts who presented him with even more dire projections for the expanding coronavirus pandemic."
And back to Minneapolis, Abdi Warsame will officially take over the city's public housing authority. The Minnesota Reformer reports: Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame will take the helm of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority on March 31, making him the first Somali-American to lead a government agency in Minnesota. Warsame’s appointment was confirmed by the Minneapolis City Council on Friday online during a remote meeting.
Also, about that 2020 election ... how do candidates campaign amid a pandemic? The Strib's Patrick Condon takes a look: "The disruption to public life brought about by the spread of COVID-19 has major implications for a critical election year in Minnesota. Candidates, operatives and activists in both the Minnesota DFL and GOP are racing to keep campaigns operating without access to the time-honored political art of pressing the flesh." | 
