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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Cathy Wurzer

As COVID-19 surges in schools, will districts return to distance learning?

Kids space apart while they walk in hallway
Students use tape on the hallway floor to socially distance while walking to the cafeteria on Jan. 19, 2021 at Park Brook Elementary School in Brooklyn Park.
Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News 2021

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There's a backlog of tests and COVID-19 infection numbers in Minnesota, but the statistics released Thursday morning by the state Health Department show almost 7,000 new cases and 62 new deaths in Minnesota.

As the omicron variant races through the state and the country, we're seeing more kids getting sick, and school staff, too. MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman joined host Cathy Wurzer with the latest on how schools across the state are managing the pandemic — and whether some districts are considering going back to distance learning.

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