COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

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June 13 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations, ICU cases plateau; don't let guard down, officials say
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota climbed past 30,000 on Saturday, while the number of people hospitalized with the disease in the state fell to its lowest level in more than a month.
Trump reschedules Tulsa campaign rally 'out of respect' for Juneteenth
The president had faced fierce criticism for scheduling a campaign rally on the holiday commemorating the effective end of slavery, in a city home to a horrific incident of racial violence in 1921.
MDH data: Nursing homes account for half of COVID-19 deaths in Minn.
Overall, long-term care deaths account for about 80 percent of COVID-19 deaths in Minnesota — those numbers include nursing homes, assisted living facilities, memory care units and group homes.
U of M regents approve budget, plan to help offset pandemic losses
The budget outline includes freezes on tuition, systemwide hiring and merit pay raises for all employees. Separately, regents approved an initiative for temporary employee pay cuts and furloughs to help make up for $35 million in room and board refunds after students were sent home for the spring semester.
Special session begins with debate over COVID-19 emergency, police powers
The special session of the Legislature got underway Friday with a debate over extending the emergency authority of Gov. Tim Walz to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. Republicans also released a much shorter list of policing changes than the one Walz backed Thursday.
World Bank: Recession is the deepest in decades
The World Bank issues a report this week detailing the extent of the recession, the first caused solely by a pandemic. Its findings are sobering — but do offer a glimmer of hope.
Trump RNC acceptance speech moves to Jacksonville after coronavirus dispute
The event was originally planned to be held in Charlotte, N.C., but will now move to Florida after pushback from the North Carolina governor regarding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.