3M Co.’s sales for personal products are booming, as hospitals buy face masks to protect health workers from Covid-19 and people sheltering at home purchase more cleaning supplies and painters’ tape.

The manufacturer said Tuesday that demand for those and other goods boosted U.S. sales in its latest quarter, offsetting lower sales for products including office supplies and materials used in nonemergency medical procedures.

“Covid-19…

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