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Minnesota closes bars as Minnesota's COVID-19 cases spike

by Associated Press
| March 16, 2020 5:05 PM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Just ahead of St. Patrick's Day, Gov. Tim Walz ordered bars and restaurants across Minnesota to temporarily close to customers who dine in as the number of coronavirus cases in spiked to 54 on Monday and the Legislature sharply scaled back its operations.

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