Thursday’s Department of Health numbers on COVID-19 will offer an addition of hope, concern and some confusion.
389 new infections were reported, a third day of low case growth. It is unclear whether this is an encouraging trend or the result of delays in Labor Day weekend reports or some other knowledge problem.
Recent check figures remain low, which explains the moderate expansion of cases. “We continue to see depressed numbers over the festive weekend,” Kris Ehresmann, state director of infectious diseases, told reporters.
The branch also reported 15 more deaths, the number in 3 weeks.
Two highly controlled measures, the number of other people hospitalized lately due to COVID-19 and the subset requiring intensive care, have remained more or less stable: 257 are hospitalized and 138 in the ICU.
Until now, the September trend is lower than in August, when there were about three hundred more people in the hospital every day, on average, per month. However, it is not known whether there is evidence of a continuous decrease in hospital wishes. or a statistical anomaly.
Of the 82,249 cases shown of the disease in the pandemic to date, approximately 92 consistent with the percentage of acquaintances have recovered to the point where they no longer want to be isolated.
With the deaths reported Thursday, the death toll in Minnesota reached 1,884 in the pandemic. Of those who died, about 73% lived in long-term care facilities or service homes; almost all had underlying fitness problems.
The state says LTC deaths increased from 80% to 52% in August. The state says it’s “a success. “
Officials note that the greatest threat of COVID-19 entering long-term care services remains who takes you to the facility.
Minnesota’s seven-day trend still shows about 6,000 active and displayed cases, the number, shown and unqualified, was probably higher in May, when the tests were much lower.
The state fitness government remains involved in young adults as promoters of the virus.
Twenty-year-olds are the age organization with the number of cases shown in the state: more than 19,000 since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 11,000 among the elderly aged 20 to 24.
They are guilty of recent outbreaks, the number of school-age youth with the disease has also increased, surpassing a total of 7,500 cases among 15- to 19-year-olds since the onset of the pandemic.
The truth of these considerations finally on Tuesday when Winona State University announced an early 14-day campus quarantine that will restrict all non-essential activities on campus over the next two weeks to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Although they are less likely to revel in the worst effects of the disease, experts are involved in other young people and young adults possibly passing it on to grandparents and other vulnerable populations and possibly also obstruct attempts to completely reopen campuses for in-person teaching. .
There are about 236 cases similar to the state of Winona. Officials are also involved in the case teams at Minnesota Moorhead State University and Concordia College in Moorhead.
The state has been working with schools on strategies lately. “While an herbal reaction is to close campuses and send students home, there is a danger of spreading infections even more widely,” Ehresmann told reporters Wednesday.
About a third of new cases in Minnesota now come from a network of unknown origin, more than just before July 4, the last primary holiday that brought together the citizens of Minnesota.
At the regional level, cities and dual suburbs had been guilty of counting the new reported cases. However, recent data show that cases have increased in northern and central Minnesota.
Officials warned that school holidays, meetings to start the new school year, and other occasional meetings have fueled the number of ongoing cases.
They recently noticed the spread of the network and the reception of similar weddings in southwestern Minnesota in Ghent, Lyon County, on August 22, in the presence of 275 people. Ehresmann said Thursday that there were now 75 cases scattered across 14 counties now similar to marriage.
One user was hospitalized. The average age of inflamed marriages is 25 years; diversity levels ages 10 to 84.
“This is the most important occasion we have noticed related to the transmission of the disease on a social occasion,” Ehresmann said. Many of those who toasted at the wedding worked on physical care and education, but the branch has not yet known any cases of secondary spread, he added.
This week, 51 cases now related to the giant motorcycle pickup were also reported from August 7-16 in Sturgis, SD, compared to the department’s report prior to Labor Day, which included 3 hospitalizations and one death, one user 60-year-old with fitness problems.
Health researchers are now seeing a spread in Minnesota similar to Sturgis-like cases.
State inspectors who recently raided bars and restaurants in southern Minnesota discovered that dozens of institutions were complying with state orders to curb the spread of the disease.
Investigators went to bars and restaurants in Mankato, St. Peter, Waseca, Faribault and New Ulm, as well as places in Carver and Scott counties. Of the 167 sites visited, 79 met in some way; 31 were discarded for follow-up inspections.
“We know that maximum establishments take security measures seriously. We also know that a handful of bad actors can create a domino effect and have an effect across the industry,” Dan Huff, Minnesota’s assistant fitness commissioner, told reporters. Wednesday.
Compliance, punishment, remains the purpose as the state works to stop the spread of recent outbreaks, Huff and other officials said, but they have made it clear that regulatory-evading establishments open their communities to problems.
Authorities said that since mid-July, when the state mask order was issued, they have known 68 COVID-19 case teams at 66 bars and restaurants that are connected to more than 1,200 infections.
Gov. Tim Walz summoned lawmakers on Capitol Hill for a special consultation friday, raising a desire to maintain the emergency powers he uses to manage the coronavirus pandemic.
The Democratic governor said in his announcement Wednesday that he intends to enlarge coVID-19’s state of emergency in peacetime through another 30 days so that the state can continue to respond temporarily and effectively.
Not without delay was the schedule of the special consultation announced, the governor had raised in recent weeks the option of not wanting to continue convening special consultations every time he expanded his emergency powers, but in his proclamation on Wednesday he stated his previous opinion. that state law required.
The Republican-controlled Senate has used past special sessions to vote to end the emergency in peacetime, if the pandemic continues, the immediate emergency is over, and it’s time for the governor to work harder with lawmakers on how to respond. The Democratic-controlled house blocked those attempts.
Senate Republicans also used last month’s special consultation to dismiss the governor for his hard work and industry commissioner, noting that the work of other cabinet members could be threatened as the emergency powers dispute continues.
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Top legislators in the Minnesota House of Representatives are examining the effect of COVID-19 on communities of color.
Members of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives for The Response to the Pandemic and Reconstruction of Minnesota met on Wednesday to discuss the issue. LDF House Of Representatives President Melissa Hortman, chairwoman of the committee, said there are significant racial disparities in health care in the state.
“I feel that our political paintings will continue to target COVID strongly. And whether it continues to exist with the virus or rebuilds better, we want to be as informed as possible about what is happening and what is the diagnosis for the future,” Hortman said.
The election committee began painting in May and meets once a month. Past meetings have focused on the effect of the pandemic on fitness staff and the economy.
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With the school year beginning Tuesday for many students, K-12 education officials also implored families to stay home when they were sick.
Many academics have returned to elegance, while others are taking distance courses at home.
“I was this father, looking for whether my son is too bad to send him to school so he could move to work,” Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker said Tuesday, urging parents to continue restricting contact with others and wearing masks. to help restrict COVID-19 in schools.
“I was worried about my teammates’ burden that there was no substitute,” he added. “I urge you to stay home when you’re in poor health, to remain your children’s home when you’re in poor health this year.
Authorities say that in districts and autonomous schools that have reported their learning patterns, nearly two-thirds open the school year with a hybrid technique and a quarter do so full-time in person, while others start with distance education.
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The knowledge in these graphs can be found in the Minnesota Department of Health’s cumulative totals published daily at 11 a. m. More detailed statistics on COVID-19 can be found on the Ministry of Health’s website.
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