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Area counties saw continued new COVID-19 cases reported Friday, according to the daily update from the Minnesota Department of Health.

Freeborn County had one new case and has now had 353 cases.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated the new case was a person in their 40s.

The county currently has 20 active cases, and one person is hospitalized.

Faribault County reported two new cases, increasing its total count to 80 cases; Mower County had five new cases, increasing its total count to 1,064 cases; Steele County had three new cases and has now had 321 cases; and Waseca County had six cases, pushing its total to 128.

Across the state, 779 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative count to 54,463. Of that number, 47,289 are no longer in isolation, and 312 are hospitalized, including 151 in intensive care.

Six new deaths were reported in Hennepin, Olmsted, Ramsey and Scott counties. All were 70 or older, except for one from Olmsted County who was in their 20s. Four were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

With the new deaths, the state’s death count is now at 1,600. Out of the total, 1,223 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state reported 16,660 new tests were completed, increasing the total tests completed to 1,024,916.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	27	0
Anoka	3,245	112
Becker	134	1
Beltrami	184	0
Benton	299	3
Big Stone	22	0
Blue Earth	824	4
Brown	79	2
Carlton	121	0
Carver	744	2
Cass	54	2
Chippewa	93	1
Chisago	167	1
Clay	740	39
Clearwater	14	0
Cook	2	0
Cottonwood	167	0
Crow Wing	192	13
Dakota	3,797	102
Dodge	122	0
Douglas	124	0
Faribault	80	0
Fillmore	59	0
Freeborn	353	1
Goodhue	169	8
Grant	44	1
Hennepin	17,316	813
Houston	37	0
Hubbard	27	0
Isanti	102	0
Itasca	125	12
Jackson	68	0
Kanabec	23	1
Kandiyohi	662	1
Kittson	3	0
Koochiching	68	3
Lac qui Parle	6	0
Lake	15	0
Lake of the Woods	1	0
Le Sueur	196	1
Lincoln	53	0
Lyon	414	3
McLeod	125	0
Mahnomen	22	1
Marshall	27	0
Martin	202	5
Meeker	83	2
Mille Lacs	54	3
Morrison	81	1
Mower	1,064	2
Murray	120	1
Nicollet	298	13
Nobles	1,738	6
Norman	34	0
Olmsted	1,588	23
Otter Tail	164	3
Pennington	70	1
Pine	124	0
Pipestone	142	9
Polk	125	3
Pope	38	0
Ramsey	6,686	259
Red Lake	16	0
Redwood	30	0
Renville	56	5
Rice	975	8
Rock	72	0
Roseau	42	0
St. Louis	383	18
Scott	1,296	12
Sherburne	615	6
Sibley	76	2
Stearns	2,791	20
Steele	321	1
Stevens	15	0
Swift	51	1
Todd	413	2
Traverse	10	0
Wabasha	78	0
Wadena	23	0
Waseca	128	0
Washington	1,817	43
Watonwan	299	0
Wilkin	26	3
Winona	240	16
Wright	770	5
Yellow Medicine	47	0
Unknown/missing	116	0