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Freeborn County reported 46 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday out of the total 1,504 new cases across the state.

Forty-three of the cases were lab-confirmed cases and three were probable cases. The county has now had 2,336 total cases since the start of the pandemic, of which 240 are active cases, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The department stated three new people were hospitalized from the county, and 115 people have now been hospitalized at some point during their COVID-19 illness.

The new cases included the following:

• One person between 0 and 4

• Three people between 5 and 9

• Three people between 10 and 14

• Three people between 15 and 19

• Seven people in their 20s

• Six people in their 30s

• Three people in their 40s

• Eight people in their 50s

• Seven people in their 60s

• Four people in their 70s

• One person in their 80s

The state has now had 440,354 total cases, of which about 21,000 are considered active cases and 665 people were hospitalized as of Tuesday, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Of the total hospitalized, 129 were in intensive care.

The state reported 50 new deaths from 24 counties, of which 33 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities and one lived in a group home or residential behavioral health facility.

One person who died was in their early 40s, while the remainder were between 60 and over 100.

The state has now had 5,774 cumulative COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, of which 3,693 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The following is an update on area counties:

• Faribault County: eight new lab-confirmed cases; 1,030 total cases
• Mower County: 14 new lab-confirmed cases, seven probable cases; 3,559 total cases
• Steele County: 24 new lab-confirmed cases; 2,670 total cases
• Waseca County: five new lab-confirmed cases; 1,873 total cases

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, there were 23,956 new tests completed, including 18,694 PCR tests and 5,262 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	1,036	25	1,061	33
Anoka	28,306	2,254	30,560	355
Becker	2,730	59	2,789	38
Beltrami	2,858	184	3,042	46
Benton	3,939	186	4,125	85
Big Stone	442	9	451	3
Blue Earth	5,279	47	5,326	33
Brown	2,076	45	2,121	34
Carlton	2,398	365	2,763	42
Carver	6,482	368	6,850	35
Cass	1,979	46	2,025	23
Chippewa	1,270	36	1,306	32
Chisago	4,211	234	4,445	30
Clay	6,320	90	6,410	78
Clearwater	652	28	680	14
Cook	112	0	112	0
Cottonwood	1,164	80	1,244	18
Crow Wing	4,666	76	4,742	73
Dakota	30,983	1,444	32,427	317
Dodge	1,292	8	1,300	4
Douglas	3,541	152	3,693	66
Faribault	1,022	8	1,030	14
Fillmore	1,183	15	1,198	4
Freeborn	2,319	17	2,336	19
Goodhue	3,341	42	3,383	57
Grant	418	4	422	7
Hennepin	88,369	3,227	91,596	1,449
Houston	1,264	49	1,313	13
Hubbard	1,418	37	1,455	37
Isanti	2,616	172	2,788	39
Itasca	2,751	42	2,793	42
Jackson	783	56	839	10
Kanabec	942	21	963	18
Kandiyohi	5,449	51	5,500	69
Kittson	325	37	362	19
Koochiching	564	11	575	10
Lac qui Parle	597	54	651	16
Lake	555	59	614	15
Lake of the Woods	165	7	172	1
Le Sueur	2,035	24	2,059	15
Lincoln	468	9	477	1
Lyon	2,896	82	2,978	34
Mahnomen	405	1	406	7
Marshall	682	16	698	15
Martin	1,640	36	1,676	26
McLeod	3,161	49	3,210	41
Meeker	1,943	29	1,972	33
Mille Lacs	2,035	78	2,113	45
Morrison	2,944	129	3,073	43
Mower	3,497	62	3,559	26
Murray	769	83	852	5
Nicollet	2,158	53	2,211	36
Nobles	3,558	77	3,635	46
Norman	418	3	421	8
Olmsted	10,121	60	10,181	69
Otter Tail	4,314	173	4,487	60
Pennington	868	80	948	15
Pine	2,487	139	2,626	13
Pipestone	881	34	915	22
Polk	3,059	200	3,259	54
Pope	725	8	733	5
Ramsey	37,848	1,457	39,305	726
Red Lake	272	42	314	4
Redwood	1,340	32	1,372	27
Renville	1,305	51	1,356	39
Rice	5,830	88	5,918	65
Rock	981	97	1,078	11
Roseau	1,529	113	1,642	16
Scott	11,308	433	11,741	93
Sherburne	7,565	532	8,097	62
Sibley	1,036	35	1,071	7
St. Louis	12,739	658	13,397	236
Stearns	17,066	582	17,648	180
Steele	2,660	10	2,670	9
Stevens	683	9	692	8
Swift	801	22	823	17
Todd	2,273	24	2,297	29
Traverse	208	34	242	3
Wabasha	1,649	12	1,661	2
Wadena	1,134	43	1,177	13
Waseca	1,858	15	1,873	15
Washington	18,972	778	19,750	220
Watonwan	1,046	8	1,054	7
Wilkin	586	30	616	9
Winona	3,773	36	3,809	46
Wright	10,625	823	11,448	99
Yellow Medicine	856	67	923	14
Unknown/missing	405	24	429	0