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A day after no new COVID-19 cases were reported in most south-central Minnesota counties, new cases were again reported Tuesday.

Freeborn County had five new cases, increasing its cumulative total to 297, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department. There are 16 active cases remaining, with three more people out of isolation. 

The new cases included one person under 10, one person in their 30s, one person in their 40s and one person in their 60s. No information was available yet about the fifth case.

Three people currently are hospitalized, and 22 Freeborn County residents have been hospitalized at some point during their illness.

The Minnesota Department of Health said Faribault County had one new case, increasing its total to 60 cases; Mower County had eight new cases, pushing its total to 960; Steele County had six new cases, increasing its total to 237; and Waseca County had three new cases, pushing its total to 71.

Statewide, 569 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s total positive cases to 39,133. Of that number, 34,377 are no longer in isolation.

Three new deaths were reported in Dakota, Ramsey and Rice counties, none of which were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state’s total deaths is now at 1,477, which 1,157 of those deaths among cases who resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

As of today, 267 people are hospitalized, including 121 in intensive care.

 

Confirmed COVID-19 cases

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	15	0
Anoka	2,266	109
Becker	57	0
Beltrami	34	0
Benton	220	3
Big Stone	15	0
Blue Earth	494	2
Brown	34	2
Carlton	87	0
Carver	395	1
Cass	16	2
Chippewa	79	1
Chisago	102	1
Clay	591	38
Clearwater	9	0
Cook	1	0
Cottonwood	136	0
Crow Wing	108	12
Dakota	2,421	92
Dodge	88	0
Douglas	65	0
Faribault	60	0
Fillmore	30	0
Freeborn	297	0
Goodhue	131	8
Grant	17	0
Hennepin	12,597	787
Houston	27	0
Hubbard	8	0
Isanti	75	0
Itasca	64	12
Jackson	55	0
Kanabec	15	1
Kandiyohi	578	1
Kittson	2	0
Koochiching	18	1
Lac qui Parle	4	0
Lake	6	0
Lake of the Woods	0	0
Le Sueur	108	1
Lincoln	10	0
Lyon	327	2
McLeod	92	0
Mahnomen	10	1
Marshall	12	0
Martin	171	5
Meeker	61	1
Mille Lacs	34	2
Morrison	61	1
Mower	960	2
Murray	65	0
Nicollet	173	12
Nobles	1,672	6
Norman	20	0
Olmsted	1,147	15
Otter Tail	100	1
Pennington	52	0
Pine	107	0
Pipestone	59	2
Polk	82	2
Pope	12	0
Ramsey	4,963	229
Red Lake	4	0
Redwood	19	0
Renville	36	2
Rice	848	8
Rock	31	0
Roseau	17	0
St. Louis	196	15
Scott	762	4
Sherburne	325	5
Sibley	54	2
Stearns	2,414	19
Steele	237	1
Stevens	5	0
Swift	22	1
Todd	401	2
Traverse	5	0
Wabasha	33	0
Wadena	15	0
Waseca	71	0
Washington	1,137	40
Watonwan	238	0
Wilkin	21	3
Winona	129	15
Wright	483	5
Yellow Medicine	30	0
Unknown/missing	85	0