State health leaders issued a domestic warning in early September that the number of daily deaths and a relatively stable number of hospital admissions had dropped despite a reduction in the COVD-19 epidemic.
As the days went by, hospital admissions dropped and new cases were counted, hoping trends would continue. Now, with nearly 2,200 cases reported over the weekend and another 900 on Monday, Minnesota returns to that unwanted surge.
As of Monday, the state reported 6,799 active, confirmed cases, with the highest daily spread and a seven-day average of 5,596.
“We’ve seen a high count of new cases in recent days,” Chris Ehresmann, the state’s director of infectious diseases, told reporters Monday, who is not responsible for the backlog of test results. “It’s not a record we’re excited about.”
As they urge people to wear masks in public places inside, to distance themselves socially and to take other measures to prevent the spread of the disease, officials expect cases to escalate from gutters and other informal incidents during Labor Day weekend, when people may be Let their guard against COVID-19.
They also have a new set of concerns – state high school sports officials agreed on Monday to hold a fall and volleyball week fall season, though they are postponing it to prevent the spread of the disease.
While the state is seeing “positive trends” in hospital admissions and deaths, Minnesotaans shouldn’t start thinking COVID-19 isn’t serious, Ehresman said. Experts are now learning about the long-term health consequences of those who were infected even with mild symptoms, he noted.
Here is the latest Minnesota COVID-19 statistics:
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1,969 deaths
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90,942 positive cases, 82,174 isolation cases
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255 are still hospitalized, 128 in ICU
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1,855,308 tests, 1,312,937 people tested
Concerns about the College Ledge campus increased
20-year-olds make up the age bracket with the largest number of confirmed cases in the state – peaking at 21,000 since the epidemic began, with more than 12,000 infections among people aged 20-24.
The numbers help explain why experts are particularly concerned about young adults as the spread of the virus.
Despite experiencing the worst effects of the disease and being less likely to be hospitalized, experts worry that young people and young adults will spread it to grandparents and other vulnerable populations and may even hinder efforts to open the campus completely privately.
They are recent outbreaks, although there has also been an increase in the number of confirmed high school-age children with the disease, with 8,500 total cases in children aged 15 to 19 since the epidemic began.
Regionally, the southern and central Minnesota and Twin Cities suburbs saw a large increase in new cases while Hennepin and Ramsay counties showed slower growth of cases in the state.
Hot spots include southwestern Minnesota, where 75 cases of August Gust-August Gust marriages have been reported in Lyon County, which officials now describe as the largest single social spread event in the state.
Schools and sports
As many Minnesota schools return personal instruction to school buildings, authorities are keeping an eye on the load of cases reported by schools.
Ehresman said Monday that there are currently 351 schools in Minnesota affected by at least one case: 263 are one; 81 with two to four cases; Seven are working with five cases.
He also expressed concern about reports of “obvious reluctance” in adults that they or their children have been confirmed by Covid-19 and do not cooperate with health investigators trying to diagnose the disease.
“It increases the risk of COVID spreading in schools, churches, workplaces,” he said. “We will be able to take action as soon as possible to identify the cases.”
While the health department is receiving more than 60 reports of new cases affecting schools every day, that doesn’t mean the spread is happening in schools, Health Commissioner Jan Malak olme said.
Separately, when asked about the Minnesota State High School League’s decision to allow the fall football and volleyball season on Monday despite the epidemic, Malcolm said that while the league has taken a “thoughtful approach” to the matter, “I think they know “There are some risks. I think we all expect that what you look like will be affected by the direction the epidemic will take from here.”
Development around the state
Minnesota is advancing free saliva testing relationships
State health officials said Monday they will soon set up a walk-up saliva testing facility at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.
“The test is free and you don’t need to have ID or insurance. “Anyone who thinks they need to be tested, whether you have symptoms or not, but especially if you’ve come in contact with someone who has tested positive for covid,” said Dan Huff, the state’s health commissioner. Is open.
Results are expected to return within 48 hours, although there will be some delays initially as samples have been taken in New Jersey. The state is opening its saliva testing laboratory in the suburb of St. Paul in mid-October to speed up the process and handle about 300,000 tests a day.
– Tim Nelson | MPR News
Health officials confirm that the armed group encountered the COVID-19 test team
State officials confirmed a report Monday that health workers recently conducted a random COVID-19 test by armed residents in the Minnesota neighborhood.
The health department did not say when or where the incident took place.
The department reported the incident to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Assistant Health Commissioner Dan Huff told reporters.
The survey team was confronted by three men, one of whom was armed, he said. He added that the surveyors “left the situation as soon as possible.”
The virus spreads the school guide map shift
The evolving COVID-19 epidemic in Minnesota continues to change recommendations to reopen schools across the state.
In the batch of latest recommendations released on Thursday from 23 August to 5 September. The cases have been covered up to – a period that occurred in the new COVID-19 cases in late August.
The result? The full 25 counties counted their COVID-19 case counts as a backlog of the health department’s threshold, changing their recommendation toward more distance education for more students.
In the most recent update, all students in the six counties are recommended to learn full-time distance: Blue Earth, Lyon, Stevens, Vaseka, Vinona and Yellow Medicine counties. Earlier it was recommended to allow at least some personal education to all except Waseka County.
Not every county gets worse. Eleven counties saw an improvement in their case rates compared to last week’s results, and their recommendation was seen as more readable individually.
Overall, there are individual recommendations for all students in the 24 large rural counties.
A formula developed by the Department of Health creates guidelines for districts to help determine whether a district has individual education, distance learning, or a combination based on COVID-19 case rates over a two-week period.
These recommendations are only considered as a starting point for school districts, which make their own learning plans in collaboration with the health department.
New COVID-19 case, up to the date of sampling, during the two-week period for use for school re-guidance.
Minnesota’s yo-yoing covid-19 case numbers in recent weeks mean some drastic swing in school district safe education recommendations, but state health officials say they are considering data irregularities when working with schools to set up education plans.
Because the Minnesota calculation uses week-old data and calculates cases from the day a person takes tests compared to the day the tests were filed, this update is not affected by recent reporting delays due to Labor Day Weekend.
– David H. Montgomery | MPR News
Non-testing fee testing scheme in some communities
The Minnesota Department of Health is offering free COVID-19 testing in many communities in Minnesota this weekend.
You do not need insurance or identification for testing; It is open to anyone, although officials said it is intended to serve the local community.
The Grand Rapids are tested on Wednesdays and Thursdays in Pine City and Waseka and on Thursdays and Fridays at Mount Olivet Baptist Church in St. Paul’s.
Pre-registration is encouraged. Find more information online on the Health Department’s COVID-19 Community Testing page.
– MPR News Staff
Top headlines
Minnesota High School football, l, autumn asons for tuo vol vol ball ball Fix: In August the Minnesota State High School League decided to postpone that season due to COVID-19 but changed course on Monday. Both seasons are expected to begin on September 28, with an 11-week season for volleyball and a 10-week season for football.
St. Paul families have found rent relief in an epidemic-ridden economy. The epidemic keeps some families at home before the St. Paul Housing Assistance Program began, and officials want to know if it can help in a way that doesn’t help other housing.
What to do with ’46 pound zucchini ‘? First-time gardeners find canning: The resurgence of old-fashioned skills has led to a shortage of canning supplies in Minnesota and across the country. Dusty canning sections are usually almost complete at large BX stores.
COVID-19 in Minnesota
The data in this graph is based on the average released daily at 11 a.m. by the Minnesota Department of Health. You can find more detailed statistics on COVID-19 Health department website.
