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Minnesota reported 70 new COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, including one person in Freeborn County.

According to the Freeborn County Public Health Department, the new death was a person in their early 60s.

The county has now had 17 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

The county had nine new lab-confirmed cases reported Sunday, including one person between 0 and 4; one person in their 20s; two people in their 30s; one person in their 40s; one person in their 50s; one person in their 60s and two people in their 70s.

According to the health department, the county has had 1,860 cumulative cases since the start of the pandemic, of which 84 are still considered active.

Statewide, there were 2,705 new cases on Sunday, bringing the state’s cumulative total to 397,319. Of that number, less than 30,000 are considered active, and as of Thursday, 1,144 people were hospitalized, including 270 in intensive care.

The deaths came from 31 counties. People who died ranged in age from late 50s to over 100. Forty-five resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities, and one person lived in a group home or residential behavioral health facility.

The following is an update on area counties:

• Faribault County: 11 new lab-confirmed cases; 836 total cases

• Mower County: 17 new lab-confirmed cases; 3,221 total cases

• Steele County: 10 new lab-confirmed cases; 2,421 total cases

• Waseca County: 11 new lab-confirmed cases; 1,645 total cases

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	953	21	974	31
Anoka	26,083	1,746	27,829	291
Becker	2,558	44	2,602	31
Beltrami	2,676	97	2,773	33
Benton	3,584	142	3,726	72
Big Stone	411	9	420	3
Blue Earth	4,806	25	4,831	24
Brown	1,872	38	1,910	26
Carlton	2,216	259	2,475	33
Carver	5,956	226	6,182	29
Cass	1,822	23	1,845	17
Chippewa	1,182	32	1,214	19
Chisago	3,786	176	3,962	25
Clay	5,919	64	5,983	73
Clearwater	616	12	628	12
Cook	100	0	100	0
Cottonwood	1,112	77	1,189	11
Crow Wing	4,318	57	4,375	51
Dakota	27,882	795	28,677	255
Dodge	1,121	3	1,124	3
Douglas	3,205	104	3,309	55
Faribault	833	3	836	8
Fillmore	988	13	1,001	0
Freeborn	1,850	10	1,860	17
Goodhue	2,781	20	2,801	37
Grant	357	2	359	7
Hennepin	80,616	2,118	82,734	1,313
Houston	1,027	47	1,074	9
Hubbard	1,340	15	1,355	34
Isanti	2,371	143	2,514	27
Itasca	2,555	31	2,586	31
Jackson	706	34	740	5
Kanabec	876	17	893	18
Kandiyohi	5,168	46	5,214	55
Kittson	300	37	337	17
Koochiching	515	10	525	8
Lac qui Parle	523	38	561	13
Lake	473	42	515	14
Lake of the Woods	139	5	144	1
Le Sueur	1,843	18	1,861	14
Lincoln	429	7	436	1
Lyon	2,660	48	2,708	26
Mahnomen	368	1	369	6
Marshall	643	16	659	11
Martin	1,487	19	1,506	23
McLeod	2,928	36	2,964	34
Meeker	1,785	22	1,807	30
Mille Lacs	1,905	56	1,961	42
Morrison	2,730	103	2,833	38
Mower	3,183	38	3,221	23
Murray	697	24	721	5
Nicollet	1,953	17	1,970	30
Nobles	3,406	57	3,463	43
Norman	403	1	404	8
Olmsted	8,592	27	8,619	49
Otter Tail	3,926	128	4,054	43
Pennington	791	74	865	12
Pine	2,192	79	2,271	11
Pipestone	831	25	856	18
Polk	2,946	177	3,123	46
Pope	666	5	671	3
Ramsey	34,376	1,115	35,491	631
Red Lake	260	32	292	3
Redwood	1,240	27	1,267	26
Renville	1,186	48	1,234	37
Rice	5,141	60	5,201	47
Rock	941	57	998	10
Roseau	1,449	112	1,561	13
Scott	10,289	257	10,546	73
Sherburne	6,912	442	7,354	53
Sibley	939	25	964	4
St. Louis	11,365	440	11,805	179
Stearns	15,950	472	16,422	159
Steele	2,412	9	2,421	9
Stevens	637	5	642	6
Swift	748	22	770	14
Todd	2,165	15	2,180	23
Traverse	178	18	196	2
Wabasha	1,400	5	1,405	2
Wadena	1,038	31	1,069	10
Waseca	1,641	4	1,645	12
Washington	17,130	561	17,691	170
Watonwan	1,012	6	1,018	5
Wilkin	545	17	562	6
Winona	3,395	30	3,425	42
Wright	9,756	610	10,366	75
Yellow Medicine	786	47	833	14
Unknown/missing	419	23	442	1