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Three new COVID-19 cases were reported in Freeborn County on Saturday, according to daily updates from local and state health officials.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated of the new cases, one person is expected to be moved to another county’s list tomorrow. The other two people are a person in their 40s and a person in their 50s.

The county has now had 386 total cases, of which 21 are considered active. No one is currently hospitalized.

The following are the increases and case totals in other area counties:

• Faribault County: three new cases, 101 total cases

• Mower County: one new case, 1,148 total cases

• Steele County: five new cases, 389 total cases

• Waseca County: five new cases, 207 total cases

Statewide, 746 new cases were reported, increasing the cumulative total to 68,867. Of that number, 61,698 are no longer in isolation, and 316 are hospitalized, including 148 in intensive care.

The state reported eight new deaths from Crow Wing, Hennepin, Ramsey and Sherburne counties. All of the deaths were 75 or older except for one person in their early 50s in Hennepin County. Four were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The new deaths increase the state’s total death count to 1,761. Of that number, 1,306 were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state department reported 16,685 new tests were completed, increasing the total tests completed to 1,357,595.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	45	1
Anoka	4,279	116
Becker	175	1
Beltrami	291	1
Benton	350	3
Big Stone	30	0
Blue Earth	1,047	5
Brown	106	2
Carlton	166	1
Carver	1,014	4
Cass	89	3
Chippewa	128	1
Chisago	256	1
Clay	819	40
Clearwater	17	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	194	0
Crow Wing	285	16
Dakota	5,191	109
Dodge	145	0
Douglas	146	1
Faribault	101	0
Fillmore	78	0
Freeborn	386	1
Goodhue	238	9
Grant	55	4
Hennepin	21,466	865
Houston	65	0
Hubbard	41	0
Isanti	161	0
Itasca	161	12
Jackson	89	0
Kanabec	52	4
Kandiyohi	766	1
Kittson	3	0
Koochiching	85	3
Lac qui Parle	11	0
Lake	27	0
Lake of the Woods	7	0
Le Sueur	311	2
Lincoln	62	0
Lyon	442	3
Mahnomen	32	1
Marshall	31	0
Martin	217	6
McLeod	296	1
Meeker	93	2
Mille Lacs	83	3
Morrison	107	1
Mower	1,148	3
Murray	135	1
Nicollet	404	14
Nobles	1,822	11
Norman	45	0
Olmsted	1,907	24
Otter Tail	240	4
Pennington	74	1
Pine	138	0
Pipestone	172	9
Polk	178	4
Pope	56	0
Ramsey	8,493	285
Red Lake	28	0
Redwood	46	0
Renville	71	5
Rice	1,116	8
Rock	96	0
Roseau	63	0
Scott	1,819	27
Sherburne	821	12
Sibley	105	2
St. Louis	741	21
Stearns	3,071	21
Steele	389	2
Stevens	25	0
Swift	58	1
Todd	441	2
Traverse	21	0
Wabasha	107	0
Wadena	38	0
Waseca	207	1
Washington	2,568	51
Watonwan	400	3
Wilkin	43	3
Winona	296	17
Wright	1,060	6
Yellow Medicine	60	0
Unknown/missing	120	0