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Nearly 6,000 New COVID-19 Minnesota Cases Reported Saturday
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St Paul (KROC AM News) - . The state has been setting daily records almost every day during the past week.
The overall total of positive cases has grown to nearly 181,000 based on 3.1-million tests. Just over 2-million Minnesotans have been tested so far.
Olmsted County reported 68 new cases Saturday.
There were 31 more Covid deaths confirmed Saturday, raising the overall total to 2656.
The state recorded 168 deaths between Saturday and last Sunday, the second-highest weekly total during the pandemic. The highest weekly total so far is 174 in late May.
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