Coronavirus Updates: The Latest COVID-19 Headlines From April 18, 2020
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The COVID-19 death toll in Minnesota has passed 100, reaching 121. In Wisconsin, 211 people have died.
Here are the latest updates in the COVID-19 pandemic:
- 9:30 p.m.: Retired District Judge Steve Anderson, of Princeton, dies from COVID-19.
- 7:26 p.m.: Assisted living patients at Meridian Manor in Wayzata moved after majority of staff and administration contracted COVID-19.
- 6:18 p.m.: Minnesota Twins turning excess inventory of 2019 Homer Hankies into face masks.
- 2 p.m.: Gov. Tim and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan launched a week-long, statewide homemade mask drive on Saturday.
- 12:45 p.m.: At least 23 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in a county with a pork plant.
- 11 a.m.: 2,213 Minnesotans have tested positive for COVID-19, and 10 more people have died, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
- 9:33 a.m.: Saturday is the first day of to-go beer and wine sales at restaurants in Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 9 a.m.: The Associated Press is reporting that tensions over COVID-19 testing boiled over on a private conference call between Democratic senators and Vice President Mike Pence on Friday.
- 8:52 a.m.: Over 600 USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailors have tested positive for COVID-19 and there have been outbreaks on four aircraft carriers. U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) are now pressing the Navy for answers about the coronavirus outbreak and sailor's safety.
- 8 a.m.: Golf courses, bait shops, outdoor shooting ranges, public and private park trails, and marina services are able to re-open as of 5 a.m., because of Gov. Tim Walz's executive order.
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