Minnesota is the worst COVID hotspot in the country. At 80 cases per 100,000 people, Minnesota is more than triple the national rate and that prompted Gov. Tim Walz to announce Wednesday that the federal government will provide Minnesota with two Department of Defense medical teams to support hospitals as COVID-19 surges and further strains doctors and nurses who have been fighting the coronavirus nonstop for the past 20 months. The emergency medical teams will arrive next week.
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