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Counties in south central Minnesota continued to report new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, according to the daily update from health officials.

Freeborn County reported four new cases, increasing the county’s total cases to 568. Of that number, 22 are considered active cases, and one person is currently hospitalized, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The department stated the new cases included one person in their 40s, one person in their 60s and two people in their 70s.

The following are updates from other area counties:

Faribault County: one new case, 165 total cases

Mower County: five new cases, 1,384 total cases

Steele County: 10 new cases, 602 total cases

Waseca County: two new cases, 822 total cases

Statewide, there were 954 new cases reported, increasing the state’s total to 105,740. Of that number, 95,614 are no longer in isolation, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Four new deaths were reported in Anoka, Clay, Scott and Washington counties. One was a resident of a long-term care or assisted living facility.

The new deaths bring the state’s total deaths to 2,087, of which 1,488 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state reported 14,029 new tests completed, bringing that number up to 2,182,970.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	103	1
Anoka	6,826	141
Becker	325	2
Beltrami	557	5
Benton	627	3
Big Stone	94	0
Blue Earth	1,823	7
Brown	226	2
Carlton	318	1
Carver	1,509	7
Cass	223	4
Chippewa	267	2
Chisago	604	2
Clay	1,593	42
Clearwater	38	0
Cook	7	0
Cottonwood	241	0
Crow Wing	658	18
Dakota	8,099	130
Dodge	289	0
Douglas	440	3
Faribault	165	0
Fillmore	174	0
Freeborn	568	4
Goodhue	423	9
Grant	70	4
Hennepin	29,045	944
Houston	154	0
Hubbard	171	1
Isanti	365	1
Itasca	461	16
Jackson	160	1
Kanabec	150	9
Kandiyohi	1,174	3
Kittson	14	0
Koochiching	128	4
Lac qui Parle	86	2
Lake	77	0
Lake of the Woods	26	1
Le Sueur	499	4
Lincoln	129	0
Lyon	791	4
Mahnomen	59	1
Marshall	60	1
Martin	517	12
McLeod	514	3
Meeker	243	2
Mille Lacs	195	3
Morrison	343	3
Mower	1,384	6
Murray	194	3
Nicollet	602	17
Nobles	2,016	16
Norman	70	0
Olmsted	2,707	28
Otter Tail	538	6
Pennington	136	1
Pine	405	0
Pipestone	281	14
Polk	359	4
Pope	110	0
Ramsey	11,733	328
Red Lake	45	1
Redwood	206	7
Renville	176	8
Rice	1,406	8
Rock	193	1
Roseau	144	0
Scott	2,794	34
Sherburne	1,272	15
Sibley	213	3
St. Louis	2,007	49
Stearns	4,387	26
Steele	602	2
Stevens	128	1
Swift	156	1
Todd	546	2
Traverse	40	0
Wabasha	241	0
Wadena	90	0
Waseca	822	9
Washington	4,231	59
Watonwan	541	4
Wilkin	81	3
Winona	1,015	18
Wright	1,860	8
Yellow Medicine	219	3
Unknown/missing	162	0