Daily COVID-19 cases: New cases reported in area counties; intensive care cases flat

Published 11:13 am Tuesday, July 7, 2020

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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.

Three new COVID-19 deaths were reported in Minnesota on Tuesday. Provided

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.

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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