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Several area counties reported new COVID-19 cases on Friday, according to daily updates from state and local health departments.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department said three new cases were reported in Freeborn County, though information about the new cases was not available.

The county has had 243 cases since March, and two people from Freeborn County continue to be hospitalized at this time. Eleven more people were out of isolation and recovering from their illness for a total of 200 people now out of isolation.

In Mower County, cases increased by 12, and the county has now had 755 cases.

Health officials are planning a free COVID-19 testing site at the Mower County Fairgrounds in Austin for any Mower County resident who wants to be tested, even if they don’t have symptoms of the virus.

The Department of Health stated Steele County had three new cases on Friday, and Waseca County had one. No new cases were reported in Faribault County.

Statewide, 362 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s positive cumulative cases to 32,031.

Of that number, 27,709 no longer need to be in isolation, and 339 are hospitalized, including 168 in intensive care.

The department reported 17 new deaths from Anoka, Crow Wing, Dakota, Hennepin and Ramsey counties. Thirteen of the deaths were residents from long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The total deaths statewide are now 1,361, with 1,077 of those residing in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

 

Confirmed COVID-19 cases

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	13	0
Anoka	1,836	96
Becker	48	0
Beltrami	23	0
Benton	200	3
Big Stone	14	0
Blue Earth	174	2
Brown	21	2
Carlton	81	0
Carver	287	1
Cass	12	2
Chippewa	64	1
Chisago	82	1
Clay	521	37
Clearwater	6	0
Cook	1	0
Cottonwood	118	0
Crow Wing	92	11
Dakota	1,847	81
Dodge	62	0
Douglas	53	0
Faribault	30	0
Fillmore	21	0
Freeborn	243	0
Goodhue	101	7
Grant	6	0
Hennepin	10,607	740
Houston	7	0
Hubbard	5	0
Isanti	52	0
Itasca	59	12
Jackson	50	0
Kanabec	13	1
Kandiyohi	554	1
Kittson	1	0
Koochiching	9	0
Lac qui Parle	4	0
Lake	4	0
Lake of the Woods	0	0
Le Sueur	54	1
Lincoln	6	0
Lyon	258	2
McLeod	64	0
Mahnomen	6	1
Marshall	12	0
Martin	147	5
Meeker	51	1
Mille Lacs	29	1
Morrison	54	1
Mower	755	2
Murray	47	0
Nicollet	105	12
Nobles	1,628	6
Norman	18	0
Olmsted	846	14
Otter Tail	83	1
Pennington	50	0
Pine	96	0
Pipestone	14	0
Polk	67	2
Pope	10	0
Ramsey	4,180	207
Red Lake	3	0
Redwood	12	0
Renville	12	0
Rice	740	4
Rock	26	0
Roseau	6	0
St. Louis	132	14
Scott	555	4
Sherburne	272	4
Sibley	28	2
Stearns	2,126	19
Steele	183	0
Stevens	2	0
Swift	20	1
Todd	386	2
Traverse	5	0
Wabasha	27	0
Wadena	10	0
Waseca	36	0
Washington	843	37
Watonwan	128	0
Wilkin	20	3
Winona	93	15
Wright	394	2
Yellow Medicine	14	0
Unknown/missing	57	0