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Southwestern Minnesota Wedding Labeled Minnesota’s Largest COVID-19 Social Spreader

At least 77 attendees have tested positive in nine different counties across the state.

By Liz Collin

October 1, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Health officials call Minnesota’s largest COVID-19 social spreader the perfect storm.

Members of a wedding party in southwestern Minnesota turned up to the ceremony sick. Five weeks later, at least 77 attendees have tested positive in nine different counties across the state.

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In a town of just a few hundred people near the South Dakota border, a spacious ballroom serves as one of just a few wedding venues in the area.

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