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12 new residents, 3 staff test positive at Thorne Crest

Freeborn County reported a jump on Tuesday of people from the county hospitalized with COVID-19.

According to the Freeborn County Public Health Department, 21 people are currently hospitalized with the virus, an increase in five people from the previous day. Seventy-four people have been hospitalized at some point since the start of the pandemic with COVID-19.

The county reported 22 new lab-confirmed cases and three probable cases, increasing its cumulative total to 1,419. One person had also been added from another county.

Of the total cases, 268 are still considered active.

The new cases included the following:

• One person between 10 and 14

• One person between 15 and 19

• Two people in their 20s

• Three people in their 30s

• Two people in their 40s

• Four people in their 50s

• Five people in their 60s

• Two people in their 70s

• Three people in their 80s

• Two people in their 90s

Thorne Crest Senior Living Community stated on its Facebook page 12 residents and three staff members tested positive with COVID-19 after testing at the care center last week. The residents who tested positive are in quarantine for 10 days, and the employees who tested positive will not return to the facility until they have been symptom-free for a minimum of 10 days.

The organization did not state which part of the facility the residents live in who tested positive.

“I can assure you that we are taking these cases very seriously and are continuing to follow MDH and CDC guidelines to avoid COVID spread in our community,” said Catherine Buboltz, sales and marketing director with Thorne Crest. “We are stressing to residents and families the importance of following the governors mandate and not gathering with family members while numbers throughout our county and state are elevated. We all need to do our part to keep our most vulnerable population healthy during the rise in COVID cases throughout the county and state.”

The facility has implemented restrictions within the building, including tray service for meals and canceled activities to minimize risk to other residents and staff. Visitation is temporarily suspended, and residents in the health center are being assessed for elevated temperatures and COVID-19 symptoms three times a day. Residents in the assisted living are being assessed one to three times a day.

All residents and staff are being tested twice a week until the county cases drop below 10%.

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: 13 new lab-confirmed cases, one new probable case; 490 total cases

• Mower County: 30 new lab-confirmed cases, one new probable case; 2,397 total cases

• Steele County: 51 new lab-confirmed cases, two new probable cases; 1,729 total cases

• Waseca County: 22 new lab-confirmed cases, one new probable case; 1,318 total cases

Minnesota reported 6,423 new cases, which increased the state’s cumulative case count to 282,916. Of that total, about 49,000 are still considered active cases. There were 1,828 people hospitalized as of Monday, including 379 in intensive care, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

The state reported 38 new deaths from 19 counties, including one person in their late 70s from Mower County and one person in their early 70s in Waseca County, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Out of all of the people who died, 21 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities, and two lived in group homes or residential behavioral health facilities.

Aside from one person in their late 30s who died in Dakota County, the remainder were 60 or older.

The state has now had 3,303 COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, including 2,244 who resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state reported 53,173 new tests were completed Monday, including 52,628 PCR tests and 545 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	685	7	692	24
Anoka	19,298	874	20,172	216
Becker	1,772	16	1,788	10
Beltrami	1,884	20	1,904	15
Benton	2,617	76	2,693	40
Big Stone	279	1	280	1
Blue Earth	3,788	7	3,795	11
Brown	1,199	12	1,211	10
Carlton	1,459	154	1,613	10
Carver	4,141	68	4,209	12
Cass	1,228	8	1,236	8
Chippewa	786	4	790	7
Chisago	2,792	91	2,883	8
Clay	4,475	21	4,496	55
Clearwater	438	7	445	6
Cook	60	0	60	0
Cottonwood	720	23	743	1
Crow Wing	3,215	26	3,241	31
Dakota	19,255	318	19,573	179
Dodge	798	0	798	0
Douglas	2,240	49	2,289	29
Faribault	489	1	490	1
Fillmore	613	2	615	0
Freeborn	1,414	5	1,419	5
Goodhue	1,800	9	1,809	26
Grant	239	0	239	6
Hennepin	59,692	832	60,524	1,095
Houston	606	18	624	2
Hubbard	990	10	1,000	22
Isanti	1,627	75	1,702	16
Itasca	1,702	3	1,705	24
Jackson	424	5	429	1
Kanabec	537	4	541	12
Kandiyohi	3,635	24	3,659	15
Kittson	174	13	187	6
Koochiching	344	3	347	5
Lac qui Parle	318	3	321	3
Lake	332	33	365	4
Lake of the Woods	84	5	89	1
Le Sueur	1,338	12	1,350	10
Lincoln	314	3	317	1
Lyon	1,990	10	2,000	11
Mahnomen	254	1	255	4
Marshall	428	9	437	7
Martin	1,003	3	1,006	20
McLeod	1,920	8	1,928	9
Meeker	1,112	6	1,118	7
Mille Lacs	1,335	30	1,365	30
Morrison	2,105	48	2,153	21
Mower	2,372	25	2,397	23
Murray	538	5	543	3
Nicollet	1,477	5	1,482	23
Nobles	2,969	11	2,980	29
Norman	315	1	316	6
Olmsted	6,155	5	6,160	33
Otter Tail	2,706	27	2,733	15
Pennington	546	11	557	6
Pine	1,188	33	1,221	6
Pipestone	665	8	673	18
Polk	2,201	105	2,306	21
Pope	489	2	491	0
Ramsey	24,890	577	25,467	477
Red Lake	192	5	197	3
Redwood	819	8	827	18
Renville	693	38	731	18
Rice	3,742	35	3,777	32
Rock	666	11	677	9
Roseau	915	99	1,014	3
Scott	7,570	77	7,647	54
Sherburne	5,026	197	5,223	39
Sibley	715	7	722	4
St. Louis	7,473	158	7,631	97
Stearns	12,260	287	12,547	93
Steele	1,723	6	1,729	6
Stevens	450	5	455	2
Swift	518	8	526	6
Todd	1,667	7	1,674	12
Traverse	134	0	134	0
Wabasha	931	4	935	1
Wadena	697	19	716	6
Waseca	1,315	3	1,318	11
Washington	12,532	267	12,799	108
Watonwan	787	1	788	4
Wilkin	330	0	330	5
Winona	2,505	13	2,518	28
Wright	6,633	197	6,830	36
Yellow Medicine	559	23	582	11
Unknown/missing	343	15	358	0