Good morning and welcome to the last week of April. Here's what you need to know.
A rainy, stormy start to Monday. Twin Cities highs in the mid-70s, but the nice temps come with showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Things clear up by night, for the most part, with lows near 50. Statewide, showers in the east in the morning with highs from the lower 60s to mid-70s. Late-night storms and rain in the southwest. More on Updraft. | Forecast
Minnesota has hit a new record. Health officials reported 28 deaths from COVID-19 in one day, the most since the outbreak began. A 44-year-old Hennepin County resident's death over the weekend is the youngest coronavirus fatality in Minnesota so far.
Here are the latest coronavirus statistics:
- 3,602 confirmed cases via 58,987 tests
- 272 deaths
- 829 cases requiring hospitalization
- 285 people remain in the hospital; 115 in intensive care
- 1,774 patients recovered
Native nations still waiting for federal COVID-19 aid. The federal government has distributed billions of dollars in coronavirus aid to individuals, businesses, states and cities in the past month. But as Dan Gunderson reports many tribal governments across the country are still waiting for the federal pandemic aid designated for them.
Getting infected with COVID-19 doesn't mean you can't get it again. At least, there's no evidence showing that recovered coronavirus patients are immune. Despite some government's suggestions that people might gain immunity from COVID-19 through exposure, the World Health Organization says no evidence so far suggests that's true.
With schools closed for this year, attention is turning to what'll happen next fall. Some governors and the federal government are talking about what a return to normalcy in the education world might look like. NPR reported nine ideas for what reopening could look like.
And speaking of looking ahead, kids' summer camps are in limbo, too. Dan Kraker reports on camps and parents as they face the specter of " losing a summer."
The pandemic is giving some of us time to reflect. What're your fellow Minnesotans learning and thinking about? Several people sent me audio recordings of what they're thinking about amid COVID-19, and there's a unique perspective in each.
— Cody Nelson, MPR News | @codyleenelson
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