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Hospitalizations across Minnesota dropped below 300 again on Friday, according to the daily updates from state and local health officials.

The Minnesota Department of Health stated 296 people were hospitalized, with 136 in intensive care, the lowest number in intensive care for more than three weeks.

Freeborn County reported six new COVID-19 cases, bringing the county’s cumulative case count to 383. Of that number 20 cases are considered active.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated the new cases included two people between 10 and 20, one person in their 20s, one person in their 40s, one person in their 50s and one person in their 90s.

No one from the county is currently hospitalized.

The following are the case increases and totals reported in other area counties:

• Faribault County: No new cases, 98 total cases

• Mower County: Eight new cases, 1,147 total cases

• Steele County: Five new cases, 384 total cases

• Waseca County: Eleven new cases, 202 total cases

Statewide, 835 new cases were reported, increasing the cumulative case totals to 68,133. Of the total cases, 60,920 no longer are in isolation.

Eight new deaths were reported in Dakota, Hennepin, Nicollet, Ramsey and Scott counties. One of the deaths was a person between 45 and 49 years old, and all others were 65 or older. Four resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The new deaths increased the total death count in the state to 1,753, of which 1,302 were residents in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state health department stated 18,815 tests were completed on Thursday, increasing the total tests completed across the state to 1,340,850.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	44	1
Anoka	4,229	116
Becker	171	1
Beltrami	287	1
Benton	346	3
Big Stone	30	0
Blue Earth	1,034	5
Brown	103	2
Carlton	165	1
Carver	999	4
Cass	88	3
Chippewa	127	1
Chisago	247	1
Clay	812	40
Clearwater	15	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	194	0
Crow Wing	279	15
Dakota	5,118	109
Dodge	144	0
Douglas	149	1
Faribault	98	0
Fillmore	78	0
Freeborn	383	1
Goodhue	233	9
Grant	55	4
Hennepin	21,270	862
Houston	65	0
Hubbard	40	0
Isanti	160	0
Itasca	155	12
Jackson	88	0
Kanabec	49	4
Kandiyohi	759	1
Kittson	3	0
Koochiching	85	3
Lac qui Parle	11	0
Lake	25	0
Lake of the Woods	7	0
Le Sueur	302	2
Lincoln	62	0
Lyon	437	3
Mahnomen	32	1
Marshall	30	0
Martin	216	6
McLeod	293	1
Meeker	91	2
Mille Lacs	83	3
Morrison	104	1
Mower	1,147	3
Murray	133	1
Nicollet	402	14
Nobles	1,812	11
Norman	43	0
Olmsted	1,890	24
Otter Tail	233	4
Pennington	74	1
Pine	136	0
Pipestone	170	9
Polk	172	4
Pope	55	0
Ramsey	8,412	282
Red Lake	27	0
Redwood	45	0
Renville	70	5
Rice	1,110	8
Rock	95	0
Roseau	58	0
Scott	1,805	27
Sherburne	809	11
Sibley	101	2
St. Louis	725	21
Stearns	3,048	21
Steele	384	2
Stevens	23	0
Swift	58	1
Todd	439	2
Traverse	21	0
Wabasha	107	0
Wadena	34	0
Waseca	202	1
Washington	2,521	51
Watonwan	396	3
Wilkin	43	3
Winona	294	17
Wright	1,043	6
Yellow Medicine	59	0
Unknown/missing	136	0