Pandemic takes bit out of state's health care employment

• The number of people working in health care — Minnesota's largest industry by worker head count — typically grows 2.7% between January and December. But at the end of 2020, the state had 367,000 employees in its hospitals, nursing homes, doctor's offices and walk-in clinics, a decline of 10,000 since the start of the year,state employment data released Thursday show. The same pattern held at the national level.