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After several days with smaller COVID-19 case increases, Freeborn and Mower counties reported several new cases on Wednesday, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Freeborn County had 13 new lab-confirmed cases and has now had 235 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated the new cases included the following:

• Three people between 10 and 20
• One person in their 20s
• Three people in their 30s
• Two people in their 40s
• One person in their 50s
• Three people in their 60s

Fifteen Freeborn County residents have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, and two remain hospitalized at this time.

The department said of the county’s total cases, 188 people are out of isolation.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported 73 new cases in Mower County, increasing its total to 733.

Four new cases were reported in Steele County, and two new cases were reported in Faribault County. No new cases were reported in Waseca County.

Across the state, 419 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s total positive cases since March to 31,296.

Of the total cases, 27,404 no longer need to be in isolation.

The department reported 12 new deaths from Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin and Ramsey counties. All of the deaths were 70 or older, and 10 lived in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

As of today, 351 people are hospitalized, with 181 in intensive care.

The state has completed 448,587 cases since March.

 

Confirmed COVID-19 cases

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	13	0
Anoka	1,786	91
Becker	49	0
Beltrami	23	0
Benton	195	3
Big Stone	14	0
Blue Earth	169	2
Brown	20	2
Carlton	81	0
Carver	278	2
Cass	11	2
Chippewa	58	1
Chisago	81	1
Clay	512	37
Clearwater	6	0
Cook	1	0
Cottonwood	115	0
Crow Wing	91	10
Dakota	1,776	75
Dodge	61	0
Douglas	51	0
Faribault	30	0
Fillmore	20	1
Freeborn	235	0
Goodhue	97	7
Grant	6	0
Hennepin	10,415	727
Houston	7	0
Hubbard	5	0
Isanti	50	0
Itasca	59	12
Jackson	48	0
Kanabec	13	1
Kandiyohi	552	1
Kittson	1	0
Koochiching	9	0
Lac qui Parle	3	0
Lake	4	0
Lake of the Woods	0	0
Le Sueur	53	1
Lincoln	6	0
Lyon	229	2
McLeod	56	0
Mahnomen	6	1
Marshall	12	0
Martin	147	5
Meeker	50	1
Mille Lacs	28	1
Morrison	54	1
Mower	733	2
Murray	43	0
Nicollet	95	11
Nobles	1,620	6
Norman	18	0
Olmsted	810	12
Otter Tail	83	1
Pennington	51	0
Pine	96	0
Pipestone	14	0
Polk	67	2
Pope	10	0
Ramsey	4,079	199
Red Lake	4	0
Redwood	12	0
Renville	12	0
Rice	701	3
Rock	25	0
Roseau	6	0
St. Louis	127	14
Scott	546	4
Sherburne	272	3
Sibley	26	2
Stearns	2,111	19
Steele	179	0
Stevens	1	0
Swift	20	1
Todd	379	2
Traverse	5	0
Wabasha	24	0
Wadena	10	0
Waseca	34	0
Washington	826	37
Watonwan	108	0
Wilkin	15	3
Winona	89	15
Wright	390	2
Yellow Medicine	10	0
Unknown/missing	59	0