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Freeborn County reported four new COVID-19 cases on Friday in the Minnesota Department of Health’s daily update.

The county has now had 365 cumulative cases. Seven of the cases are considered active.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department said the new cases included one person in their 20s, one in their 60s, one in their 70s and one in their 80s.

No one from the county is presently hospitalized.

The following are increases and case totals in other area counties:

• Faribault County: one new case, 93 total cases

• Mower County: six new cases, 1,117 total cases

• Steele County: seven new cases, 363 total cases

• Waseca County: three new cases, 157 total cases

Statewide, 738 new COVID-19 cases were reported, increasing the state’s total numbers to 63,723. Of that number, 56,659 no longer need to be in isolation.

The state department of health reported eight new deaths in Blue Earth, Cass, Hennepin, Nobles and Watonwan counties, of which six were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The new deaths move the state’s total death count to 1,693. Out of that number, 1,269 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state said 313 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, including 152 in intensive care.

There were 16,617 new tests completed on Thursday, increasing the total tests completed to 1,219,816.

 

Minnesota confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	42	1
Anoka	3,891	115
Becker	164	1
Beltrami	267	0
Benton	327	3
Big Stone	25	0
Blue Earth	960	6
Brown	92	2
Carlton	149	0
Carver	915	3
Cass	79	3
Chippewa	119	1
Chisago	211	1
Clay	795	40
Clearwater	14	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	180	0
Crow Wing	265	14
Dakota	4,670	106
Dodge	136	0
Douglas	144	1
Faribault	93	0
Fillmore	73	0
Freeborn	365	1
Goodhue	208	9
Grant	57	4
Hennepin	20,063	845
Houston	49	0
Hubbard	37	0
Isanti	141	0
Itasca	146	12
Jackson	81	0
Kanabec	37	2
Kandiyohi	725	1
Kittson	3	0
Koochiching	83	3
Lac qui Parle	9	0
Lake	24	0
Lake of the Woods	7	0
Le Sueur	237	1
Lincoln	61	0
Lyon	427	3
McLeod	240	0
Mahnomen	27	1
Marshall	30	0
Martin	212	5
Meeker	88	2
Mille Lacs	73	3
Morrison	97	1
Mower	1,117	2
Murray	125	1
Nicollet	363	13
Nobles	1,781	9
Norman	40	0
Olmsted	1,809	23
Otter Tail	209	4
Pennington	75	1
Pine	132	0
Pipestone	161	9
Polk	161	4
Pope	48	0
Ramsey	7,904	270
Red Lake	24	0
Redwood	37	0
Renville	67	5
Rice	1,048	8
Rock	89	0
Roseau	53	0
St. Louis	636	20
Scott	1,669	22
Sherburne	758	10
Sibley	86	2
Stearns	2,935	20
Steele	363	2
Stevens	22	0
Swift	57	1
Todd	431	2
Traverse	15	0
Wabasha	97	0
Wadena	28	0
Waseca	157	1
Washington	2,255	48
Watonwan	384	2
Wilkin	35	3
Winona	272	16
Wright	939	5
Yellow Medicine	53	0
Unknown/missing	144	0