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Minnesota reported 980 new COVID-19 cases on Monday and four new deaths in what was a significant decline from recent new daily totals.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the state has now had 437,552 cumulative cases since the start of the pandemic. About 20,000 of those cases are still considered active, and 686 people were hospitalized as of Sunday, including 141 in intensive care.

The deaths came from Dakota, Goodhue, Rice and Scott counties, and two of the people lived in long-term care or assisted living facilities. The people who died ranged in age from early 70s to late 90s.

The state has now had 5,711 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, of which 3,655 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Freeborn County reported eight new lab-confirmed cases and one probable case, increasing its total cases to 2,253 cumulative cases.

Of the total cases, 211 are considered active cases. No new hospitalizations or deaths were reported from the county.

The new cases included one person between 5 and 9, one person between 15 and 19, two people in their 20s, one person in their 30s, one person in their 40s, two people in their 60s and one person in their 80s.

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: two new lab-confirmed cases; 1,013 total cases
• Mower County: two new lab-confirmed cases; 3,494 total cases
• Steele County: 15 new lab-confirmed cases, one new probable case; 2,628 total cases
• Waseca County: Four new lab-confirmed cases; 1,864 total cases

The state reported 15,980 new tests were completed, including 14,993 PCR tests and 987 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	1,031	25	1,056	33
Anoka	28,207	2,223	30,430	347
Becker	2,720	56	2,776	38
Beltrami	2,843	174	3,017	46
Benton	3,912	185	4,097	84
Big Stone	441	9	450	3
Blue Earth	5,229	45	5,274	32
Brown	2,058	44	2,102	34
Carlton	2,385	361	2,746	41
Carver	6,450	361	6,811	34
Cass	1,969	45	2,014	22
Chippewa	1,269	35	1,304	31
Chisago	4,192	235	4,427	29
Clay	6,286	86	6,372	78
Clearwater	651	27	678	14
Cook	111	0	111	0
Cottonwood	1,159	80	1,239	17
Crow Wing	4,635	74	4,709	71
Dakota	30,828	1,422	32,250	309
Dodge	1,267	7	1,274	4
Douglas	3,518	151	3,669	64
Faribault	1,005	8	1,013	14
Fillmore	1,160	15	1,175	3
Freeborn	2,240	13	2,253	18
Goodhue	3,294	44	3,338	53
Grant	418	5	423	7
Hennepin	87,872	3,188	91,060	1,447
Houston	1,251	49	1,300	13
Hubbard	1,416	35	1,451	37
Isanti	2,605	171	2,776	39
Itasca	2,742	41	2,783	41
Jackson	775	54	829	10
Kanabec	940	21	961	18
Kandiyohi	5,430	51	5,481	69
Kittson	320	37	357	19
Koochiching	561	11	572	10
Lac qui Parle	593	53	646	16
Lake	547	56	603	15
Lake of the Woods	165	5	170	1
Le Sueur	2,024	23	2,047	15
Lincoln	468	9	477	1
Lyon	2,892	79	2,971	34
Mahnomen	404	1	405	7
Marshall	680	16	696	15
Martin	1,621	36	1,657	26
McLeod	3,155	49	3,204	41
Meeker	1,930	29	1,959	33
Mille Lacs	2,031	77	2,108	45
Morrison	2,935	128	3,063	43
Mower	3,445	49	3,494	26
Murray	762	82	844	5
Nicollet	2,143	53	2,196	36
Nobles	3,547	77	3,624	46
Norman	418	3	421	8
Olmsted	9,959	56	10,015	68
Otter Tail	4,274	170	4,444	57
Pennington	852	80	932	15
Pine	2,479	135	2,614	13
Pipestone	878	33	911	22
Polk	3,054	198	3,252	53
Pope	724	8	732	5
Ramsey	37,616	1,438	39,054	722
Red Lake	272	42	314	4
Redwood	1,331	31	1,362	27
Renville	1,300	51	1,351	39
Rice	5,788	84	5,872	64
Rock	979	95	1,074	11
Roseau	1,528	113	1,641	16
Scott	11,241	424	11,665	93
Sherburne	7,546	525	8,071	62
Sibley	1,031	35	1,066	7
St. Louis	12,676	639	13,315	229
Stearns	17,001	567	17,568	179
Steele	2,618	10	2,628	9
Stevens	682	8	690	8
Swift	798	22	820	17
Todd	2,268	24	2,292	29
Traverse	205	32	237	3
Wabasha	1,619	12	1,631	2
Wadena	1,133	43	1,176	13
Waseca	1,849	15	1,864	16
Washington	18,869	761	19,630	213
Watonwan	1,041	8	1,049	7
Wilkin	583	25	608	9
Winona	3,727	36	3,763	45
Wright	10,556	808	11,364	98
Yellow Medicine	855	65	920	14
Unknown/missing	434	30	464	0