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Five new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday in Freeborn County, according to daily updates from state and local health departments.

The county has now had 286 cases, of which 27 are considered active.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated the new cases included one person in their 20s, one person in their 30s, two people in their 40s and one person in their 80s.

Twenty-one county residents have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, and three remain hospitalized at this time.

The Minnesota Department of Health stated Mower County had nine new cases and has now had 928 cases.

Steele County reported four new cases and Waseca County reported one, for a total of 219 and 58, respectively. No new cases were reported in Faribault County.

Statewide, there were 426 newly reported cases, increasing the state’s total cumulative cases to 36,716. Of thoe cases, 31,947 no longer are in isolation, and 260 are hospitalized, including 125 in intensive care.

Four new deaths were reported in Dakota, Ramsey and St. Louis counties, all of which were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state’s total death count is 1,445, of which 1,135 are residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

 

Confirmed COVID-19 cases

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	14	0
Anoka	2,124	107
Becker	55	0
Beltrami	28	0
Benton	208	3
Big Stone	14	0
Blue Earth	422	2
Brown	31	2
Carlton	83	0
Carver	348	1
Cass	12	2
Chippewa	76	1
Chisago	95	1
Clay	576	37
Clearwater	7	0
Cook	1	0
Cottonwood	134	0
Crow Wing	102	12
Dakota	2,218	89
Dodge	81	0
Douglas	61	0
Faribault	53	0
Fillmore	27	0
Freeborn	286	0
Goodhue	124	8
Grant	8	0
Hennepin	11,892	776
Houston	24	0
Hubbard	5	0
Isanti	64	0
Itasca	65	12
Jackson	54	0
Kanabec	14	1
Kandiyohi	565	1
Kittson	2	0
Koochiching	14	1
Lac qui Parle	4	0
Lake	6	0
Lake of the Woods	0	0
Le Sueur	86	1
Lincoln	9	0
Lyon	300	2
McLeod	85	0
Mahnomen	7	1
Marshall	12	0
Martin	161	5
Meeker	58	1
Mille Lacs	34	2
Morrison	57	1
Mower	928	2
Murray	51	0
Nicollet	149	12
Nobles	1,655	6
Norman	20	0
Olmsted	1,058	15
Otter Tail	92	1
Pennington	51	0
Pine	103	0
Pipestone	26	1
Polk	81	2
Pope	10	0
Ramsey	4,724	218
Red Lake	3	0
Redwood	17	0
Renville	28	2
Rice	824	7
Rock	29	0
Roseau	9	0
St. Louis	169	15
Scott	671	4
Sherburne	297	4
Sibley	48	2
Stearns	2,287	19
Steele	219	0
Stevens	4	0
Swift	20	1
Todd	400	2
Traverse	5	0
Wabasha	31	0
Wadena	15	0
Waseca	58	0
Washington	1,025	40
Watonwan	206	0
Wilkin	20	3
Winona	119	15
Wright	448	5
Yellow Medicine	29	0
Unknown/missing	81	0