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More than 300,000 positive cases of COVID-19 have now been reported in Minnesota since the beginning of the pandemic, health officials said Saturday.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported a combined 9,040 new cases on Thursday and Friday, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 304,023. Of that number, more than 46,000 cases were still considered active. As of Wednesday, 1,785 people were hospitalized, including 386 in intensive care.

Forty-five new deaths were reported, including one person in their early 80s in Steele County. The deaths came from 26 counties and included people ranging in age from their early 60s to late 90s.

Twenty-three resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state has now had 3,521 total deaths, including 2,378 who resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Freeborn County reported 32 new lab-confirmed cases and one probable case, increasing its total to 1,512 total cases. One person was added from another county.

Of the total cases, 228 are considered active, and 23 people are hospitalized, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department. Seventy-six people have been hospitalized at some point during their illness.

The new cases included the following:

• One person ages 0 to 4

• Two people ages 5 to 9

• Two people ages 10 to 14

• Four people ages 15 to 19

• Two people in their 20s

• Seven people in their 30s

• Three people in their 40s

• Five people in their 50s

• Three people in their 60s

• Two people in their 70s

• One person in their 90s

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: 18 new lab-confirmed cases; 542 total cases

• Mower County: 87 new lab-confirmed cases, one new probable case; 2,574 total cases

• Steele County: 81 new lab-confirmed cases; 1,913 total cases

• Waseca County: 20 new lab-confirmed cases; 1,378 total cases

The state reported 36,601 new tests were completed Friday, including 35,956 PCR tests and 645 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	749	6	755	29
Anoka	20,515	1,011	21,526	225
Becker	1,980	18	1,998	15
Beltrami	2,097	22	2,119	17
Benton	2,854	79	2,933	48
Big Stone	306	1	307	2
Blue Earth	4,043	9	4,052	14
Brown	1,353	11	1,364	15
Carlton	1,606	171	1,777	15
Carver	4,479	80	4,559	13
Cass	1,377	9	1,386	10
Chippewa	848	4	852	7
Chisago	2,946	98	3,044	10
Clay	4,816	23	4,839	56
Clearwater	499	6	505	8
Cook	66	0	66	0
Cottonwood	804	29	833	3
Crow Wing	3,503	31	3,534	31
Dakota	20,899	369	21,268	190
Dodge	838	0	838	0
Douglas	2,451	56	2,507	35
Faribault	541	1	542	2
Fillmore	673	4	677	0
Freeborn	1,505	7	1,512	5
Goodhue	1,957	10	1,967	28
Grant	271	1	272	6
Hennepin	63,156	986	64,142	1,113
Houston	664	21	685	4
Hubbard	1,109	10	1,119	24
Isanti	1,765	84	1,849	17
Itasca	1,851	4	1,855	23
Jackson	478	6	484	1
Kanabec	590	6	596	13
Kandiyohi	3,941	27	3,968	21
Kittson	198	15	213	8
Koochiching	380	5	385	5
Lac qui Parle	358	3	361	3
Lake	372	34	406	6
Lake of the Woods	90	5	95	1
Le Sueur	1,437	12	1,449	11
Lincoln	348	3	351	1
Lyon	2,125	9	2,134	11
Mahnomen	289	1	290	4
Marshall	466	9	475	8
Martin	1,109	3	1,112	20
McLeod	2,039	11	2,050	11
Meeker	1,226	13	1,239	8
Mille Lacs	1,467	32	1,499	31
Morrison	2,225	55	2,280	29
Mower	2,547	27	2,574	23
Murray	573	5	578	3
Nicollet	1,582	5	1,587	25
Nobles	3,035	14	3,049	29
Norman	340	1	341	7
Olmsted	6,531	4	6,535	34
Otter Tail	2,973	32	3,005	22
Pennington	612	15	627	7
Pine	1,272	41	1,313	8
Pipestone	702	8	710	18
Polk	2,371	118	2,489	23
Pope	526	2	528	1
Ramsey	26,422	637	27,059	502
Red Lake	199	6	205	3
Redwood	908	8	916	19
Renville	791	40	831	24
Rice	3,994	37	4,031	36
Rock	745	11	756	9
Roseau	1,042	103	1,145	4
Scott	8,113	88	8,201	54
Sherburne	5,453	256	5,709	41
Sibley	764	8	772	4
St. Louis	8,238	195	8,433	108
Stearns	13,199	325	13,524	108
Steele	1,907	6	1,913	7
Stevens	501	5	506	3
Swift	567	8	575	8
Todd	1,777	7	1,784	13
Traverse	146	0	146	1
Wabasha	1,025	5	1,030	1
Wadena	754	19	773	6
Waseca	1,375	3	1,378	11
Washington	13,227	302	13,529	113
Watonwan	831	2	833	4
Wilkin	371	0	371	5
Winona	2,723	14	2,737	30
Wright	7,168	293	7,461	39
Yellow Medicine	607	26	633	11
Unknown/missing	358	9	367	0