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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 patients in Minnesota are surging.

 is about 27 hospitalizations per 100,000 residents. For perspective, the state considers a hospitalization rate of 8 per 100,000 residents high risk — our current weekly average is roughly three times higher.

Record 72 deaths Thursday; 8K new cases

 are having a hard time absorbing the influx of patients, but many larger hospitals that can offer more specialized care are also running out of space. Even when beds are available, staffing them is a challenge as more health care workers get sick. 

the Upper Midwest is facing the “darkest part of this pandemic,” and on Wednesday, he announced 

Thursday at 9 a.m, MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with two physicians about the stress this surge is putting on health care workers. 

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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 patients in Minnesota are surging. Even when beds are available, staffing them is a challenge as more health care workers get sick. Two physicians discussed the toll of the increase caseload on health care workers. 

Health care workers feel squeezed by surge of COVID-19 cases

A health care worker walks into a COVID-19 unit 

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New COVID-19 hospitalizations in Minnesota

Health care workers feel squeezed by surge of COVID-19 cases

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