Minnesota liquor sales soared in 2020 for a record year. Flanagan’s brother Ron, who was in his 50s and battling cancer, died of COVID in 2020. Flanagan said she and her husband, Tom, had been staying home for the past week to care for their daughter and avoid exposing others to the virus. The lieutenant governor received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last spring. Flanagan says she received the positive test after caring for her 8-year-old daughter Siobhan, who tested positive on Oct. Peggy Flanagan has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19, she announced Saturday.