Officials are scrambling to set up 2,750 more hospital beds across Minnesota to handle the anticipated surge of COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks.

Gov. Tim Walz is trying not to waste anytime and to get ahead of the battle.  He says he is trying to buy some time with his stay-at-home order to allow the state’s health care system to gear up as the number of cases in Minnesota builds towards a peak in hospitalizations expected between mid-May and mid-June.

The governor’s stay at home order runs through April 10, but it could be extended.