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Steele County reached 100 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, and other area counties saw continued increases in cases, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Steele County had eight new cases, and Freeborn County saw the next highest increase with six new cases, pushing its total to 61.

Mower County saw one new case, increasing its total to 56, and Waseca County had one new case, pushing its total to 20. Faribault County saw no new cases and sits at nine cases. 

The Freeborn County Public Health Department said Friday 28 cases were out of isolation. People out of isolation are considered no longer contagious.

Statewide, total positive cases increased to 14,969 cases, an increase in 740 cases. Of the total cases, 10,271 are no longer in isolation, and 700 people have died, an increase in 17 from the previous day. Of the total deaths, 568 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The Minnesota Department of Health stated 493 people are hospitalized as of today, including 225 in intensive care.

The highest number of overall cases have been reported in Hennepin County, with 4,930 cases and 454 deaths. Counties with the next highest numbers are Stearns County with 1,675 cases and Nobles County with 1,353.

Olmsted County has had 435 cases, and Rice County has had 221.

The department stated 143,281 tests have been completed, including 17,507 through the Minnesota Department of Health’s public health lab and 125,774 through external laboratories.

 

 Confirmed COVID-19 cases

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	3	0
Anoka	770	40
Becker	33	0
Beltrami	9	0
Benton	122	2
Big Stone	2	0
Blue Earth	79	0
Brown	10	2
Carlton	66	0
Carver	111	2
Cass	9	2
Chippewa	28	0
Chisago	30	1
Clay	291	19
Clearwater	2	0
Cook	0	0
Cottonwood	54	0
Crow Wing	24	1
Dakota	666	18
Dodge	34	0
Douglas	18	0
Faribault	9	0
Fillmore	17	1
Freeborn	61	0
Goodhue	32	0
Grant	2	0
Hennepin	4,930	454
Houston	2	0
Hubbard	0	0
Isanti	17	0
Itasca	43	4
Jackson	35	0
Kanabec	9	0
Kandiyohi	405	1
Kittson	1	0
Koochiching	3	0
Lac qui Parle	2	0
Lake	1	0
Lake of the Woods	0	0
Le Sueur	34	1
Lincoln	4	0
Lyon	25	0
McLeod	16	0
Mahnomen	5	1
Marshall	8	0
Martin	117	5
Meeker	32	0
Mille Lacs	9	1
Morrison	24	0
Mower	56	0
Murray	31	0
Nicollet	33	2
Nobles	1,353	2
Norman	11	0
Olmsted	435	9
Otter Tail	36	0
Pennington	1	0
Pine	83	0
Pipestone	9	0
Polk	55	2
Pope	5	0
Ramsey	1,416	67
Red Lake	3	0
Redwood	3	0
Renville	5	0
Rice	221	2
Rock	20	0
Roseau	1	0
St. Louis	101	12
Scott	223	1
Sherburne	144	1
Sibley	7	0
Stearns	1,675	10
Steele	100	0
Stevens	0	0
Swift	12	0
Todd	52	0
Traverse	3	0
Wabasha	16	0
Wadena	4	0
Waseca	20	0
Washington	326	18
Watonwan	36	0
Wilkin	11	3
Winona	75	15
Wright	152	1
Yellow Medicine	3	0
Unknown/missing	28	0