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New COVID-19 cases in Minnesota again reached new heights Saturday with 8,703 new cases reported.

Freeborn County alone reported 49 new cases, which is a tie for most cases in a single day reported a week earlier. The county has now had 995 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

Of that number, 160 are considered active cases and seven people from the county are hospitalized.

The new cases included the following:

• One person between 5 and 9

• Two people between 10 and 14

• Five people between 15 and 19

• Seven people in their 20s

• 12 people in their 30s

• Six people in their 40s

• Three people in their 50s

• 10 people in their 60s

• One person in their 70s

• One person in their 80s

• One person in their 90s

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the state has now had 216,028 total cases reported, and nearly 50,000 of those cases are still considered active cases. As of the end of the week, more than 1,400 people were hospitalized with almost 300 in intensive care.

The state also reported 35 new deaths from 19 counties. The people who died ranged in age from early 50s to late 90s, and 27 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state has now had 2,874 total deaths, of which 1,981 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: 11 new cases, 354 total cases

• Mower County: 32 new cases, 1,752 total cases

• Steele County: 63 new cases, 1,138 total cases

• Waseca County: 17 new cases; 1,048 total cases

Testing continues to increase with 52,311 new tests completed, of which 51,291 were PCR tests and 1,020 were antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	455	3	458	12
Anoka	15,082	457	15,539	188
Becker	1,248	5	1,253	4
Beltrami	1,469	2	1,471	13
Benton	1,947	40	1,987	28
Big Stone	232	1	233	1
Blue Earth	2,888	2	2,890	10
Brown	751	1	752	5
Carlton	1,007	101	1,108	8
Carver	2,859	30	2,889	9
Cass	886	2	888	8
Chippewa	634	2	636	6
Chisago	2,161	47	2,208	4
Clay	3,683	10	3,693	50
Clearwater	296	0	296	3
Cook	40	0	40	0
Cottonwood	493	1	494	0
Crow Wing	2,328	4	2,332	25
Dakota	14,923	158	15,081	158
Dodge	541	0	541	0
Douglas	1,568	7	1,575	16
Faribault	354	0	354	0
Fillmore	422	1	423	0
Freeborn	995	0	995	5
Goodhue	1,103	3	1,106	20
Grant	167	0	167	5
Hennepin	48,896	366	49,262	1,039
Houston	453	3	456	2
Hubbard	752	2	754	14
Isanti	1,167	42	1,209	10
Itasca	1,291	0	1,291	19
Jackson	313	1	314	1
Kanabec	398	2	400	11
Kandiyohi	2,604	5	2,609	9
Kittson	124	3	127	1
Koochiching	255	1	256	5
Lac qui Parle	228	0	228	3
Lake	212	8	220	1
Lake of the Woods	65	5	70	1
Le Sueur	958	1	959	7
Lincoln	255	1	256	1
Lyon	1,501	2	1,503	7
Mahnomen	179	0	179	3
Marshall	305	3	308	6
Martin	775	0	775	19
McLeod	1,179	2	1,181	6
Meeker	701	2	703	5
Mille Lacs	1,006	12	1,018	26
Morrison	1,334	14	1,348	16
Mower	1,735	17	1,752	21
Murray	424	0	424	3
Nicollet	1,087	1	1,088	21
Nobles	2,753	2	2,755	25
Norman	245	0	245	5
Olmsted	4,642	1	4,643	30
Otter Tail	1,790	5	1,795	11
Pennington	370	5	375	3
Pine	873	18	891	4
Pipestone	533	0	533	17
Polk	1,584	54	1,638	17
Pope	344	0	344	0
Ramsey	20,383	315	20,698	429
Red Lake	134	2	136	3
Redwood	518	2	520	15
Renville	482	8	490	14
Rice	2,585	15	2,600	23
Rock	486	3	489	9
Roseau	588	93	681	1
Scott	5,568	28	5,596	49
Sherburne	3,727	83	3,810	30
Sibley	439	1	440	3
St. Louis	5,357	45	5,402	83
Stearns	9,539	185	9,724	71
Steele	1,137	1	1,138	5
Stevens	336	2	338	1
Swift	369	0	369	3
Todd	1,387	2	1,389	12
Traverse	95	0	95	0
Wabasha	604	2	606	1
Wadena	496	8	504	6
Waseca	1,048	0	1,048	10
Washington	9,982	137	10,119	94
Watonwan	653	0	653	4
Wilkin	244	0	244	4
Winona	1,985	1	1,986	22
Wright	4,813	50	4,863	27
Yellow Medicine	445	4	449	8
Unknown/missing	319	4	323	0