Walz extends Minnesota's stay-at-home order to May 4 [View all]

Gov. Tim Walz is extending a statewide stay-at-home order to May 4 as part of an effort to reduce or delay the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota. "We bought the time we needed," Walz said at an afternoon news conference. "It can all go sideways very quickly if we don't continue."

Walz said he extended the order based on guidance from federal health officials, the experience of other states that took early action and saw good results, as well as modeling done by state and University of Minnesota researchers.

By extending the stay-at-home order, Minnesota's peak COVID-19 caseload should get pushed back to July, giving Minnesota time to add hospital capacity, and purchase more ventilators, testing supplies and masks and other protective equipment.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-hospital-grants-awarded-as-covid-19-spreads/569473642/

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