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Three area counties saw increases in lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, according to the daily update from the Minnesota Department of Health.

Freeborn County had one new case, bringing the county’s total cumulative cases to 298. Of the total cases, 280 are out of isolation and 18 active cases remain, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The department stated the new case was a person in their 20s.

There is also one new person who is hospitalized today, with the total count of county residents who have been hospitalized at 23. A total of four are in the hospital today.

The state department of health said Mower County had five new cases and has now had 965 cases, and Steele County had two new cases, increasing its total to 239.

No new cases were reported in Faribault and Waseca counties.

Statewide, 463 new cases were reported, increasing the total cumulative cases to 39,589. Of the total cases, 34,902 are out of isolation and 265 are hospitalized, including 122 in intensive care.

The department stated eight new deaths were reported in Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Olmsted, Ramsey and St. Louis counties. Five of the new deaths were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

This brings the state’s total death count to 1,485, of which 1,161 were residents in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The department stated 692,970 tests have been completed since March.

 

Confirmed COVID-19 cases

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	15	0
Anoka	2,293	110
Becker	57	0
Beltrami	35	0
Benton	221	3
Big Stone	17	0
Blue Earth	510	2
Brown	37	2
Carlton	88	0
Carver	417	1
Cass	19	2
Chippewa	79	1
Chisago	102	1
Clay	595	38
Clearwater	9	0
Cook	1	0
Cottonwood	137	0
Crow Wing	109	12
Dakota	2,479	93
Dodge	92	0
Douglas	66	0
Faribault	60	0
Fillmore	30	0
Freeborn	298	0
Goodhue	132	8
Grant	17	0
Hennepin	12,703	789
Houston	28	0
Hubbard	8	0
Isanti	76	0
Itasca	65	12
Jackson	55	0
Kanabec	15	1
Kandiyohi	582	1
Kittson	2	0
Koochiching	17	1
Lac qui Parle	4	0
Lake	6	0
Lake of the Woods	0	0
Le Sueur	110	1
Lincoln	11	0
Lyon	327	2
McLeod	94	0
Mahnomen	10	1
Marshall	12	0
Martin	171	5
Meeker	61	1
Mille Lacs	34	2
Morrison	61	1
Mower	965	2
Murray	66	0
Nicollet	176	12
Nobles	1,672	6
Norman	21	0
Olmsted	1,168	17
Otter Tail	100	1
Pennington	52	0
Pine	110	0
Pipestone	63	2
Polk	84	2
Pope	12	0
Ramsey	5,013	230
Red Lake	4	0
Redwood	20	0
Renville	36	2
Rice	859	8
Rock	31	0
Roseau	17	0
St. Louis	198	16
Scott	783	4
Sherburne	327	5
Sibley	55	2
Stearns	2,429	19
Steele	239	1
Stevens	6	0
Swift	23	1
Todd	402	2
Traverse	6	0
Wabasha	35	0
Wadena	15	0
Waseca	71	0
Washington	1,163	40
Watonwan	240	0
Wilkin	21	3
Winona	131	15
Wright	492	5
Yellow Medicine	30	0
Unknown/missing	87	0