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    Trade association for Minnesota taverns says they’re appreciate the Walz loosening and pledge to keep safety the top priority

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    Why are cases by sample date showing a smaller jump than cases by report date? A fair number of recently reported cases are old & backdated — not as many as a few days ago, but more than normal.

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    67 newly reported deaths today, on par with last Wednesday’s 66. Minnesota is averaging 44 deaths/day, down from 57 two weeks ago:

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    But the rise in cases is real. And it’s not a function of testing volume, either, which is pretty low. The last few days have seen daily positivity rates around 10%, and the 7-day average is up to 6.2%, after bottoming out around 4.2% last week:

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    To some degree this is skewed by holiday reporting. Cases by sample date show a less pronounced rise than by report date:

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    New cases in Minnesota continue to tick slightly up, after bottoming out a week ago:

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  7. 15 minutes ago

    For most of her adult life, sobriety has been hard for Heather Russell to maintain. When the pandemic hit, she worried she’d go back to drinking, after nearly a year of sobriety. Instead, 2020 was a lesson in tapping resilience she didn’t know she had.

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  8. 33 minutes ago

    Severe cases of COVID-19 can injure the brain in ways that affect memory, thinking and mood for months after the infection is gone, new research hints. It may even raise the risk of Alzheimer's.

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  9. 38 minutes ago

    Dining will be allowed at 50 percent capacity. Other entertainment venues — like bowling alleys, movie theaters and museums — can reopen at 25 percent capacity. Gov. Walz will detail the new order, which goes into effect Monday, during a 2 p.m. address.

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  10. 48 minutes ago

    The U.S. could soon be giving at least a million COVID-19 vaccinations a day despite the sluggish start, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, even as he warned of a dangerous next few weeks as the coronavirus surges.

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    -Places of worship still open at 50% capacity but with no upper limit on maximum attendance. -Outdoor events events/entertainment still at 25% capacity but max capacity up to 250 ppl.

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    More details just out: -Wedding receptions/other private parties can resume. If food/drink served, limited to 2 households (10 people) indoors and 3 households (15 people) outdoors. If no food/drink, they are covered by event venue guidelines.

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    I've loved hearing these heartfelt stories from my colleagues. They've helped me think differently about 2020 -- amid all the bad news, there was also joy, strength and resilience.

    Reporting these stories and hearing those from and has made me laugh, cry and laugh/cry. It's been a good way to end a year of reporting so focused on the numbers and minutia of this virus. Here's more of these gems ICYMI:
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  14. 1 hour ago

    Instead of Mike Pence's plan to "follow the law and uphold the Constitution," President Trump told him on Twitter it was "a time for extreme courage" and urged him to overturn the results, something which the vice president does not have the powers to do.

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  15. 2 hours ago

    Community members continue to question why law enforcement authorities conducted a high-risk raid on the family home of a 23-year-old man shot and killed by police last week.

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    And an update from the Hoschstetler family, who wrestled with this fundamental question last year (as we all did): "In the age of a pandemic can you agree to disagree? Or do we need to let go of this notion of individualism when we are so interconnected?"

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    From @kirstimaroh - How one rabbi helped his congregation find light in a year of darkness:

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    From - What one official leading the COVID response in his community learned after getting the virus himself:

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    Faced with twin COVID-19 diagnoses, personal care assistant Debra Howze moved in with her 101-year-old client Polly Mann - and both of them beat the odds.

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    From A doctor reflects on COVID-19 in Indian country: "We will get through this like we get through everything else...H1N1 [influenza] did it to us, smallpox did it to us, we had termination, allocation, assimilation, boarding schools."

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