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COVID-19 deaths across Minnesota passed 800 Thursday with the highest number of deaths reported thus far in a single day during the pandemic.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, there have been 809 people who have died from the virus, up 32 from the previous day. The new deaths were in Anoka, Clay, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties.

Of the total deaths, 663 have been people who resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Locally, new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in Faribault, Freeborn, Mower and Steele counties.

Faribault County had one new case, pushing its total to 11 cases, and Freeborn County had five new cases, increasing its total to 73.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department said the county’s new cases included one person under 10, three people in their 20s and one person in their 50s.

Of the total cases in the county, seven have now been hospitalized at some time during their illness. Information is not available about the number of patients who have recovered locally.

The state health department said Mower County had 10 new cases, increasing its total to 87, and Steele County had six new cases, pushing its total to 122.

Statewide, there have now been 18,200 cases, up 539 from the previous day. Of that total, 566 are hospitalized, including 229 in intensive care.

The highest number of cases in the state have been reported in Hennepin County, with 6,029 cases and 502 deaths. Ramsey County has had 1,925, and Stearns County has had 1,853.

The state department stated 173,556 tests have been completed, including 19,720 through the state’s public health lab and 153,836 through external laboratories.

 

Confirmed COVID-19 cases

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	4	0
Anoka	995	49
Becker	33	0
Beltrami	9	0
Benton	152	2
Big Stone	3	0
Blue Earth	104	1
Brown	10	2
Carlton	71	0
Carver	138	2
Cass	10	2
Chippewa	37	0
Chisago	39	1
Clay	344	22
Clearwater	2	0
Cook	0	0
Cottonwood	59	0
Crow Wing	38	1
Dakota	929	32
Dodge	40	0
Douglas	24	0
Faribault	11	0
Fillmore	17	1
Freeborn	73	0
Goodhue	40	1
Grant	2	0
Hennepin	6,029	502
Houston	2	0
Hubbard	0	0
Isanti	20	0
Itasca	51	6
Jackson	36	0
Kanabec	10	1
Kandiyohi	428	1
Kittson	1	0
Koochiching	4	0
Lac qui Parle	3	0
Lake	1	0
Lake of the Woods	0	0
Le Sueur	38	1
Lincoln	4	0
Lyon	28	0
McLeod	21	0
Mahnomen	5	1
Marshall	8	0
Martin	124	5
Meeker	40	0
Mille Lacs	14	1
Morrison	32	0
Mower	87	1
Murray	33	0
Nicollet	51	3
Nobles	1,414	2
Norman	11	0
Olmsted	493	10
Otter Tail	52	0
Pennington	4	0
Pine	83	0
Pipestone	10	0
Polk	57	2
Pope	6	0
Ramsey	1,925	86
Red Lake	3	0
Redwood	3	0
Renville	5	0
Rice	307	2
Rock	20	0
Roseau	1	0
St. Louis	109	13
Scott	298	2
Sherburne	183	1
Sibley	12	0
Stearns	1,853	11
Steele	122	0
Stevens	0	0
Swift	14	0
Todd	116	0
Traverse	3	0
Wabasha	16	0
Wadena	6	0
Waseca	22	0
Washington	431	23
Watonwan	42	0
Wilkin	11	3
Winona	75	15
Wright	200	1
Yellow Medicine	5	0
Unknown/missing	34	0