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Several new COVID-19 cases were reported in area counties on Thursday, according to daily updates from state and local health officials.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department reported nine new cases in Freeborn County, increasing the county’s total count to 411. Of that number, 21 are considered active, and no one is hospitalized.

The new cases included the following:

• One person between 10 and 20

• Two people in their 30s

• One person in their 40s

• One person in their 50s

• One person in their 60s

• One person in their 70s

• One person in their 80s

• One person in their 90s

The following were the new cases and case totals reported in other area counties:

• Faribault County: one new case, 116 total cases

• Mower County: five new cases, 1,192 total cases

• Steele County: seven new cases, 449 total cases

• Waseca County: 10 new cases, 289 total cases

Statewide, 1,047 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s total count to 78,123. Of that number, 70,175 are no longer in isolation, and 272 are hospitalized, including 138 in intensive care.

Seven new deaths were reported in Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Itasca, Lake of the Woods and Olmsted counties. Three of the residents were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The new deaths increase the state’s total death count to 1,837. Of that number, 1,348 were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state health department reported 13,926 new cases were reported, increasing the total tests completed to 1,540,107.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	52	1
Anoka	4,871	121
Becker	203	2
Beltrami	329	1
Benton	414	3
Big Stone	35	0
Blue Earth	1,344	5
Brown	135	2
Carlton	200	1
Carver	1,160	5
Cass	105	3
Chippewa	148	1
Chisago	327	1
Clay	940	40
Clearwater	20	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	202	0
Crow Wing	320	16
Dakota	6,219	113
Dodge	158	0
Douglas	174	1
Faribault	116	0
Fillmore	86	0
Freeborn	411	1
Goodhue	265	9
Grant	55	4
Hennepin	23,569	885
Houston	81	0
Hubbard	46	0
Isanti	183	0
Itasca	207	13
Jackson	97	1
Kanabec	69	6
Kandiyohi	834	1
Kittson	8	0
Koochiching	89	3
Lac qui Parle	19	0
Lake	34	0
Lake of the Woods	13	1
Le Sueur	399	2
Lincoln	71	0
Lyon	546	3
Mahnomen	36	1
Marshall	39	0
Martin	247	7
McLeod	370	1
Meeker	117	2
Mille Lacs	105	3
Morrison	124	1
Mower	1,192	3
Murray	143	2
Nicollet	449	15
Nobles	1,875	13
Norman	46	0
Olmsted	2,073	25
Otter Tail	305	4
Pennington	96	1
Pine	158	0
Pipestone	189	9
Polk	211	4
Pope	64	0
Ramsey	9,396	299
Red Lake	31	0
Redwood	72	0
Renville	87	6
Rice	1,211	8
Rock	110	0
Roseau	74	0
Scott	2,105	32
Sherburne	939	13
Sibley	143	3
St. Louis	922	24
Stearns	3,365	22
Steele	449	2
Stevens	57	1
Swift	68	1
Todd	452	2
Traverse	21	0
Wabasha	129	0
Wadena	49	0
Waseca	281	3
Washington	3,124	54
Watonwan	445	4
Wilkin	51	3
Winona	535	17
Wright	1,300	6
Yellow Medicine	101	1
Unknown/missing	207	0