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Two area counties reported double-digit new COVID-19 cases on Saturday in the daily update from local and state health officials.

Mower County reported 20 new cases, increasing its cumulative case count to 1,421, while Steele County reported 17 new cases, and has now had 635 cases, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Numbers were not immediately available about how many cases in each county are considered active.

Freeborn County had one new case and has now had 585 total cases. One person was also removed from the county’s list. .

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated of the county’s total cases, 30 are considered active cases, and one person is hospitalized.

The new case was a person in their 20s.

Faribault County had four new cases and has had 176 total cases; and Waseca County reported nine new cases and has had a total of 852 cases.

Statewide, 1,537 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative cases to 110,828. Of the total cases, 99,054 no longer are in isolation.

Ten new deaths were reported in Crow Wing, Goodhue, Lyon, Ramsey, St. Louis, Stearns and Washington counties. Five resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities and all were 65 or older.

The state has now had 2,131 deaths, of which 1,518 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported 31,665 new tests were completed, increasing the state’s cumulative tests to 2,288,662.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	113	1
Anoka	7,177	142
Becker	373	2
Beltrami	625	5
Benton	673	4
Big Stone	107	0
Blue Earth	1,868	7
Brown	260	2
Carlton	334	1
Carver	1,570	7
Cass	253	4
Chippewa	306	2
Chisago	665	2
Clay	1,703	42
Clearwater	47	0
Cook	9	0
Cottonwood	244	0
Crow Wing	716	20
Dakota	8,400	130
Dodge	331	0
Douglas	500	3
Faribault	176	0
Fillmore	201	0
Freeborn	585	4
Goodhue	452	11
Grant	74	4
Hennepin	29,929	951
Houston	164	0
Hubbard	200	1
Isanti	391	1
Itasca	541	16
Jackson	168	1
Kanabec	156	9
Kandiyohi	1,278	3
Kittson	17	0
Koochiching	143	4
Lac qui Parle	100	2
Lake	86	0
Lake of the Woods	35	1
Le Sueur	527	5
Lincoln	144	0
Lyon	826	5
Mahnomen	72	1
Marshall	68	1
Martin	543	14
McLeod	528	3
Meeker	263	2
Mille Lacs	240	3
Morrison	407	3
Mower	1,421	7
Murray	209	3
Nicollet	625	17
Nobles	2,038	16
Norman	82	0
Olmsted	2,817	28
Otter Tail	574	6
Pennington	142	1
Pine	456	0
Pipestone	302	15
Polk	392	4
Pope	123	0
Ramsey	12,170	335
Red Lake	47	1
Redwood	212	8
Renville	203	9
Rice	1,468	8
Rock	219	1
Roseau	154	0
Scott	2,889	34
Sherburne	1,330	16
Sibley	221	3
St. Louis	2,157	55
Stearns	4,634	30
Steele	635	2
Stevens	142	1
Swift	166	1
Todd	577	2
Traverse	43	0
Wabasha	264	0
Wadena	113	0
Waseca	852	9
Washington	4,447	62
Watonwan	550	4
Wilkin	96	3
Winona	1,063	18
Wright	1,986	10
Yellow Medicine	238	3
Unknown/missing	183	0