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Minnesota marked a sad milestone today: The state surpassed 10,000 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began.

The pandemic has stretched Minnesota's hospital system and health care workers thin. The presidents and CEOs of some of the state's largest health care systems recently published a 

 in newspapers across the state to say their hospitals are overwhelmed.

Health care professionals in greater Minnesota 

 virtually Wednesday to discuss the COVID-19 situation in rural parts of the state. Andrea Roberts participated in the meeting, and she told host Cathy Wurzer more.

Roberts is interim director of the graduate program in nurse anesthesiology at Mount Marty University and president of the Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists. She practices at Sanford Luverne Medical Center in Luverne, Minn.

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Health care professionals in greater Minnesota met virtually Wednesday to discuss the dire effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective parts of the state. Andrea Roberts, president of the Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists, told host Cathy Wurzer more about the pandemic’s impact on nurses and rural communities.

Health care professionals in greater Minnesota met virtually Wednesday to discuss the dire effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective parts of the state. Andrea Roberts, president of the Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists, told host Cathy Wurzer more about the pandemic’s impact on nurses and communities across the state.

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