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Two new COVID-19 cases were reported in Freeborn County on Wednesday, increasing the county’s total cases to 548.

Of the total cases, 25 are considered active cases, and two people are hospitalized, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The following is an update of other area counties:

• Faribault County: two new cases, 149 total cases
• Mower County: four new cases, 1,348 total cases
• Steele County: five new cases, 560 total cases
• Waseca County: no new cases, 722 total cases

Across the state, 689 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative case count to 99,134. Of that number, 89,392 are no longer in isolation, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Sixteen new deaths were reported across the state in Anoka, Blue Earth, Dakota, Hennepin, Itasca, Koochiching, Ramsey, Redwood, Rock, Stearns and Yellow Medicine counties.

All of the deaths were 65 and older, and nine resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state has now had 2,036 COVID-19 deaths, including 1,458 who resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.
The state health department stated 12,820 new tests were completed, increasing the total tests completed to 2,030,167.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	88	1
Anoka	6,343	138
Becker	286	2
Beltrami	473	5
Benton	568	3
Big Stone	83	0
Blue Earth	1,743	7
Brown	199	2
Carlton	286	1
Carver	1,451	7
Cass	188	4
Chippewa	233	1
Chisago	522	1
Clay	1,457	41
Clearwater	32	0
Cook	7	0
Cottonwood	229	0
Crow Wing	563	18
Dakota	7,724	127
Dodge	268	0
Douglas	362	2
Faribault	149	0
Fillmore	134	0
Freeborn	548	4
Goodhue	392	9
Grant	64	4
Hennepin	27,728	936
Houston	135	0
Hubbard	126	1
Isanti	324	1
Itasca	356	16
Jackson	154	1
Kanabec	131	8
Kandiyohi	1,057	3
Kittson	12	0
Koochiching	123	4
Lac qui Parle	72	1
Lake	61	0
Lake of the Woods	24	1
Le Sueur	480	4
Lincoln	118	0
Lyon	738	4
Mahnomen	49	1
Marshall	53	1
Martin	462	11
McLeod	503	2
Meeker	214	2
Mille Lacs	172	3
Morrison	280	2
Mower	1,348	6
Murray	176	2
Nicollet	553	17
Nobles	1,979	16
Norman	58	0
Olmsted	2,544	28
Otter Tail	473	4
Pennington	120	1
Pine	361	0
Pipestone	239	10
Polk	334	4
Pope	100	0
Ramsey	11,209	325
Red Lake	45	1
Redwood	180	5
Renville	163	8
Rice	1,351	8
Rock	184	1
Roseau	125	0
Scott	2,663	33
Sherburne	1,185	14
Sibley	203	3
St. Louis	1,747	42
Stearns	4,119	25
Steele	560	2
Stevens	107	1
Swift	145	1
Todd	514	2
Traverse	36	0
Wabasha	208	0
Wadena	73	0
Waseca	722	8
Washington	3,950	55
Watonwan	535	4
Wilkin	71	3
Winona	923	18
Wright	1,713	7
Yellow Medicine	200	3
Unknown/missing	154	0