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Freeborn County reported its second death of a person with COVID-19 on Sunday, while Waseca County reported two new deaths, according to the daily update from health officials.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported the Freeborn County resident who died was between 85 and 89 years old. In Waseca County, one person died who was between 85 and 89 years old and one person died who was between 95 and 99 years old.

Freeborn County also reported 12 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the county’s total count to 454. Of that number, 42 are considered active cases, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The new cases were the following:

• Two people between 10 and 20

• One person in their 20s

• Two people in their 30s

• One person in their 40s

• One person in their 60s

• One person in their 70s

• One person in their 80s

• Two people in their 90s

• One person in their 100s

One person from Freeborn County is hospitalized as of today, the county health department said.

The following are updates about other counties in the area:

• Faribault County: one new case, 127 total cases, zero total deaths

• Mower County: seven new cases, 1,234 total cases, four total deaths

• Steele County: no new cases, 496 total cases, two total deaths

• Waseca County: one new cases, 392 total cases, eight total deaths

In addition to the deaths in Freeborn and Waseca County, 10 other deaths were reported across the state, including in Anoka, Hennepin, Kanabec, Ramsey and St. Louis counties. Nine of the total deaths were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The new deaths increase the state’s cumulative death count to 1,919, of which 1,398 were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities, according to the state Department of Health.

Statewide, 741 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 84,311. Of that number, 77,461 are no longer in isolation, and 241 are hospitalized, including 136 in intensive care.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported 21,489 tests were completed Saturday, increasing the state’s total tests to 1,707,514.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	66	1
Anoka	5,341	129
Becker	225	2
Beltrami	350	3
Benton	458	3
Big Stone	51	0
Blue Earth	1,494	6
Brown	144	2
Carlton	214	1
Carver	1,257	7
Cass	118	3
Chippewa	169	1
Chisago	392	1
Clay	1,131	40
Clearwater	24	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	209	0
Crow Wing	373	18
Dakota	6,767	120
Dodge	181	0
Douglas	200	1
Faribault	127	0
Fillmore	92	0
Freeborn	454	2
Goodhue	296	9
Grant	58	4
Hennepin	24,788	906
Houston	93	0
Hubbard	53	0
Isanti	208	0
Itasca	245	13
Jackson	104	1
Kanabec	85	8
Kandiyohi	888	2
Kittson	12	0
Koochiching	96	3
Lac qui Parle	30	0
Lake	47	0
Lake of the Woods	18	1
Le Sueur	428	3
Lincoln	81	0
Lyon	599	4
Mahnomen	41	1
Marshall	49	1
Martin	264	9
McLeod	416	1
Meeker	146	2
Mille Lacs	128	3
Morrison	170	1
Mower	1,234	4
Murray	147	2
Nicollet	476	16
Nobles	1,906	15
Norman	48	0
Olmsted	2,176	26
Otter Tail	339	4
Pennington	103	1
Pine	180	0
Pipestone	202	9
Polk	244	4
Pope	74	0
Ramsey	10,060	313
Red Lake	36	0
Redwood	84	0
Renville	107	6
Rice	1,261	8
Rock	133	0
Roseau	104	0
Scott	2,254	32
Sherburne	1,015	13
Sibley	157	3
St. Louis	1,145	28
Stearns	3,558	23
Steele	496	2
Stevens	86	1
Swift	94	1
Todd	468	2
Traverse	29	0
Wabasha	151	0
Wadena	59	0
Waseca	392	8
Washington	3,384	55
Watonwan	473	4
Wilkin	55	3
Winona	677	17
Wright	1,439	6
Yellow Medicine	132	1
Unknown/missing	147	0