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Confirmed COVID-19 cases remained unchanged in Freeborn County for the third day in a row, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

The state department said the county has had 33 cases confirmed.

Cases increased by one in both Mower and Steele counties to 27 and 10, respectively, and were the same in Faribault County at four and Waseca County at three.

Total cases across the state increased to 2,721, an increase of 154 cases from the day prior.

Of that total, 1,317 no longer need to be in isolation, and 240 remained hospitalized, including 107 in intensive care.

Deaths increased to 179, an increase in 19 deaths — the single highest number of deaths reported on any given day since the numbers were recorded.

According to the department, the highest number of cases have been reported in Hennepin County with 1,073 cases, followed by Ramsey and Olmsted counties, with 219 and 204 respectively.

Cases in Nobles County, where there is an outbreak at a pork processing plant, have grown to 126.

The state department indicated 49,344 tests have been completed, including 10,508 through the department’s public health lab and 38,836 through external laboratories.

 

Confirmed COVID-19 cases 

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	1	0
Anoka	105	2
Becker	2	0
Beltrami	6	0
Benton	4	0
Big Stone	1	0
Blue Earth	26	0
Brown	8	1
Carlton	38	0
Carver	15	0
Cass	4	0
Chippewa	1	0
Chisago	7	1
Clay	79	3
Clearwater	2	0
Cottonwood	6	0
Crow Wing	20	0
Dakota	130	6
Dodge	18	0
Douglas	2	0
Faribault	4	0
Fillmore	11	0
Freeborn	33	0
Goodhue	19	0
Hennepin	1,073	113
Houston	1	0
Isanti	6	0
Itasca	2	0
Jackson	3	0
Kandiyohi	3	0
Kittson	1	0
Koochiching	1	0
Lac qui Parle	1	0
Le Sueur	22	0
Lincoln	2	0
Lyon	6	0
Mahnomen	1	0
Marshall	1	0
Martin	41	4
McLeod	3	0
Meeker	3	0
Mille Lacs	1	1
Morrison	1	0
Mower	27	0
Murray	3	0
Nicollet	8	2
Nobles	126	1
Norman	6	0
Olmsted	204	4
Otter Tail	6	0
Pennington	1	0
Pine	15	0
Pipestone	2	0
Polk	17	0
Ramsey	219	11
Red Lake	1	0
Redwood	1	0
Renville	3	0
Rice	7	1
Rock	5	0
Roseau	1	0
Scott	28	1
Sherburne	13	0
Sibley	1	0
St. Louis	54	10
Stearns	20	0
Steele	10	0
Swift	1	0
Todd	3	0
Traverse	2	0
Wabasha	8	0
Waseca	3	0
Washington	100	5
Watonwan	4	0
Wilkin	10	2
Winona	61	10
Wright	30	1
Yellow Medicine	3	0