Coronavirus Updates: Latest COVID-19 Headlines From May 7, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minnesota's testing capacity has now reached the 5,000 tests a day benchmark, which officials had hoped to hit earlier this week. Meanwhile, the state's death toll is approaching 500 fatalities, and, on the national front, an announcement on last week's jobless numbers is expected Thursday morning.

Here are the latest headlines in the COVID-19 pandemic:

6:42 p.m.: The Minnesota Indian Gaming Association says each of the state's 11 Native Nations will individually manage the re-openings of their respective casinos.
5:39 p.m.: Honeywell is temporarily closing its Minneapolis plant after an undisclosed number of workers tested positive for COVID-19.
4:53 p.m.: CAIR-MN calls for OSHA probe of COVID-19 safety at Pilgrims Chicken Plant in Cold Springs.
3:19 p.m.: Minneapolis DID launches cloth mask drive for people living in vulnerable settings in downtown. Learn more here.
2:18 p.m.: The Federal Reserve says U.S. consumer borrowing fell in March for the first time since 2011.
2:10 p.m.: Gov. Tim Walz has announced a five-point plan for protecting Minnesota's long-term care residents and workers.
2:00 p.m.: Wisconsin health officials say there are now 9,215 positive cases of COVID-19. The death toll has risen to 374.
1:29 p.m.: Organizers say the 2020 Ramsey County Fair is officially canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
11:52 a.m.: A new survey finds that Minnesota's social distancing grade has plummeted from an 'A' to a 'D'.
11:00 a.m.: MDH says there are now 9,365 cases of COVID-19. The state's death toll has risen to 508.
10:45 a.m.: St. Paul Saints now offering 'buy one, donate one' protective masks to benefit Regions Hospital.
9:49 a.m.: Neiman Marcus declares chapter 11 bankruptcy, making it the largest U.S. retailer to collapse since the start of the outbreak.
7:34 a.m.: Another 3.2 million Americans have filed for unemployment in the last week, bringing the total number of people seeking jobless benefits to 33 million since the start of the pandemic.
6:21 a.m.: Officials in Washington say it could take years to track down "patient zero" in the COVID-19 outbreak.
6 a.m.: North Memorial is opening a new testing site in Robbinsdale that'll be open to all showing COVID-19 symptoms.

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