Coronavirus Updates: Latest COVID-19 Headlines From May 12, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- This week, doctors and veterinarians in Minnesota were again able to perform elective surgeries due to relaxed restrictions in the state's stay-at-home order. Meanwhile, across the St. Croix, small businesses have been allowed to reopen in Wisconsin. However, bars and restaurants in the Badger State remain closed.

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

• 7:03 p.m.: HOM Furniture fed over 20,000 meals to local front line heroes in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
• 5:04 p.m.: Minnesota United players began voluntary individual workouts today at the National Sports Center, after two months of individual at-home training sessions.
• 4:44 p.m.: The Bob Dylan concert in June and July has been canceled.
• 4:20 p.m.: Gov. Tim Walz is expected to extend the peacetime emergency order through June 12, according to WCCO's Esme Murphy.
• 2:24 p.m.: Wisconsin Air National Guard will be saluting health care workers and first responders on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic by flying over 17 cities Tuesday evening. 
• 2:03 p.m.: Wisconsin reported a total of 10,611 coronavirus cases and 418 related deaths on Tuesday.
• 1:56 p.m.: To date, 67 people have been charged with violating Minnesota's stay-at-home order.
• 1:52 p.m.: A central Minnesota bar owner says he's planning to open his six establishments on Monday whether or not Gov. Tim Walz extends the state's stay-at-home order.
• 1:48 p.m.: Andersen confirms COVID-19 positive employees at Bayport facility.
• 1:48 p.m.: Sheriff of Barron County WI has issued a statement saying that he will not be enforcing the stay-at-home order in Wisconsin.
• 1:36 p.m.: March preliminary air traffic data shows a 50% reduction in U.S. airline passengers.
• 12:46 p.m.: Wisconsin National Guard conducting mobile testing at sites around the state.
• 11:31 a.m.: Starkey Hearing Foundation suspends U.S. and international programs due to pandemic.
• 11:13 a.m.: Minnesota National Guard and Air Force Reserve to conduct flyovers honoring those on the COVID-19 frontlines on May 13. Learn more here.
• 11:00 a.m.: MDH officials report an additional 695 cases of COVID-19. The state's death toll has risen to 614.
• 9:00 a.m.: French children start going back to school on Tuesday as the country gradually lifts confinement measures. following two months of lockdown.
• 6:06 a.m.: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious diseases expert, will testify before a Senate committee, marking his first time before Congress since the start of the outbreak in the U.S.
• 5:38 a.m.: Elon Musk defines California's stay-at-home order, reopens Telsa manufacturing plant.

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