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Minnesota reported double-digit COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday after a week with daily deaths in the single digits.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported 14 new deaths in Nicollet, Nobles, Ramsey, Scott, Washington, Anoka and Hennepin counties. The list included two people in their 30s from Hennepin County.

The department stated nine of the people were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities and one was a resident of a group home or residential behavioral health facility.

The new deaths increase the state’s death count to 1,793, of which 1,325 were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Statewide, there were 542 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases reported, increasing the state’s cumulative cases to 71,236. Of the total cases, 64,374 are no longer in isolation. There are 304 people hospitalized, including 134 in intensive care.

Freeborn County reported one new case, increasing its cumulative total to 390. Of the total cases, 17 are considered active cases.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated the new case was a person in their 20s. No one from the county is currently hospitalized.

Case increases and totals for other area counties are as follows:

• Faribault County: two new cases, 109 total cases
• Mower County: no new cases, 1,162 total cases
• Steele County: one new case, 401 total cases
• Waseca County: three new cases, 226 total cases

The state department stated 11,013 new tests were completed on Tuesday, increasing the total tests completed to 1,406,007.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	46	1
Anoka	4,447	119
Becker	181	2
Beltrami	305	1
Benton	362	3
Big Stone	32	0
Blue Earth	1,095	5
Brown	113	2
Carlton	179	1
Carver	1,057	4
Cass	98	3
Chippewa	129	1
Chisago	281	1
Clay	836	40
Clearwater	18	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	195	0
Crow Wing	290	16
Dakota	5,427	110
Dodge	147	0
Douglas	148	1
Faribault	109	0
Fillmore	83	0
Freeborn	390	1
Goodhue	244	9
Grant	55	4
Hennepin	22,044	873
Houston	66	0
Hubbard	41	0
Isanti	168	0
Itasca	173	12
Jackson	91	0
Kanabec	63	4
Kandiyohi	780	1
Kittson	3	0
Koochiching	87	3
Lac qui Parle	13	0
Lake	27	0
Lake of the Woods	7	0
Le Sueur	339	2
Lincoln	63	0
Lyon	451	3
Mahnomen	33	1
Marshall	30	0
Martin	222	6
McLeod	344	1
Meeker	97	2
Mille Lacs	89	3
Morrison	110	1
Mower	1,162	3
Murray	139	1
Nicollet	413	15
Nobles	1,833	13
Norman	45	0
Olmsted	1,947	24
Otter Tail	257	4
Pennington	77	1
Pine	142	0
Pipestone	175	9
Polk	186	4
Pope	60	0
Ramsey	8,783	291
Red Lake	28	0
Redwood	47	0
Renville	72	6
Rice	1,151	8
Rock	99	0
Roseau	64	0
Scott	1,892	29
Sherburne	849	12
Sibley	123	2
St. Louis	790	23
Stearns	3,145	21
Steele	401	2
Stevens	27	0
Swift	60	1
Todd	444	2
Traverse	21	0
Wabasha	113	0
Wadena	44	0
Waseca	226	2
Washington	2,715	53
Watonwan	413	4
Wilkin	45	3
Winona	315	17
Wright	1,124	6
Yellow Medicine	68	1
Unknown/missing	127	0