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Freeborn County reported 21 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, increasing the county’s cumulative total to 2,536 cases.

Of that number, 159 are considered active cases, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department. One new person was hospitalized.

The department reported the following new cases:

• Two new cases between 5 and 9

• One new case between 10 and 14

• One new case between 15 and 19

• Three new cases in their 20s

• Five new cases in their 40s

• Six new cases in their 50s

• Two new cases in their 60s

• One new case in their 80s

Statewide, 1,565 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 453,808. Of that number, about 17,000 are considered active cases  and 543 people were hospitalized, including 104 in intensive care, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Thirty-one new deaths were reported in 19 counties across the state. Aside from one person in their early 30s and a person in their early 50s, the remainder ranged in age from late 60s to over 100. Seventeen resided in long-term care facilities.

The state has now had 6,063 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, of which 3,853 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The following is an update on area counties:

• Faribault County: five new lab-confirmed cases; 1,088 total cases

• Mower County: 14 new lab-confirmed cases; 3,721 total cases

• Steele County: five new lab-confirmed cases; 2,785 total cases

• Waseca County: nine new lab-confirmed cases; 1,928 total cases

The state health department reported 43,302 new tests were completed, including 39,555 PCR tests and 3,747 antigen tests.

 

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	1,085	27	1,112	33
Anoka	28,867	2,416	31,283	368
Becker	2,816	72	2,888	39
Beltrami	2,943	207	3,150	48
Benton	4,040	192	4,232	88
Big Stone	456	13	469	3
Blue Earth	5,416	52	5,468	33
Brown	2,127	47	2,174	34
Carlton	2,445	390	2,835	43
Carver	6,630	401	7,031	39
Cass	2,051	54	2,105	24
Chippewa	1,285	38	1,323	32
Chisago	4,323	258	4,581	38
Clay	6,464	112	6,576	84
Clearwater	657	30	687	14
Cook	114	1	115	0
Cottonwood	1,201	88	1,289	18
Crow Wing	4,804	87	4,891	78
Dakota	31,846	1,617	33,463	350
Dodge	1,374	12	1,386	4
Douglas	3,611	173	3,784	66
Faribault	1,077	11	1,088	16
Fillmore	1,248	16	1,264	6
Freeborn	2,515	21	2,536	23
Goodhue	3,505	48	3,553	62
Grant	434	4	438	8
Hennepin	90,595	3,543	94,138	1,495
Houston	1,347	51	1,398	14
Hubbard	1,457	45	1,502	38
Isanti	2,667	181	2,848	42
Itasca	2,827	44	2,871	43
Jackson	808	65	873	10
Kanabec	969	24	993	18
Kandiyohi	5,513	54	5,567	72
Kittson	336	37	373	20
Koochiching	591	12	603	10
Lac qui Parle	605	55	660	16
Lake	586	77	663	15
Lake of the Woods	189	7	196	1
Le Sueur	2,107	28	2,135	16
Lincoln	478	11	489	2
Lyon	2,959	88	3,047	38
Mahnomen	413	1	414	7
Marshall	686	17	703	15
Martin	1,679	38	1,717	26
McLeod	3,230	49	3,279	47
Meeker	1,983	29	2,012	33
Mille Lacs	2,068	82	2,150	45
Morrison	3,007	134	3,141	45
Mower	3,648	73	3,721	29
Murray	805	104	909	6
Nicollet	2,221	58	2,279	38
Nobles	3,656	88	3,744	47
Norman	421	4	425	8
Olmsted	10,670	69	10,739	75
Otter Tail	4,442	189	4,631	67
Pennington	921	89	1,010	16
Pine	2,541	155	2,696	14
Pipestone	925	39	964	23
Polk	3,102	204	3,306	60
Pope	736	10	746	5
Ramsey	38,910	1,599	40,509	748
Red Lake	277	43	320	4
Redwood	1,378	32	1,410	27
Renville	1,328	52	1,380	40
Rice	6,104	107	6,211	70
Rock	1,008	111	1,119	12
Roseau	1,550	113	1,663	17
Scott	11,640	490	12,130	98
Sherburne	7,720	558	8,278	68
Sibley	1,058	36	1,094	7
St. Louis	13,173	743	13,916	247
Stearns	17,417	634	18,051	190
Steele	2,772	13	2,785	10
Stevens	698	9	707	8
Swift	821	23	844	18
Todd	2,306	25	2,331	30
Traverse	212	49	261	3
Wabasha	1,729	12	1,741	3
Wadena	1,160	42	1,202	18
Waseca	1,912	16	1,928	16
Washington	19,599	872	20,471	234
Watonwan	1,060	8	1,068	8
Wilkin	599	35	634	9
Winona	3,905	37	3,942	48
Wright	10,865	891	11,756	107
Yellow Medicine	880	69	949	16
Unknown/missing	421	24	445	0