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Most area counties reported new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, according to the daily update from the Minnesota Department of Health.

Freeborn County reported one new case, increasing the county’s total case count to 354. Of that total, 20 are considered active and one person is hospitalized, the Freeborn County Public Health Department stated.

The department said the new case is a person in their 30s.

The following are reports from other counties:

• Faribault County: Two new cases, 82 total cases

• Mower County: Three new cases, 1,067 total cases

• Steele County: Five new cases, 326 total cases

• Waseca County: No new cases, 127 total cases

Statewide, 731 new cases were reported, increasing the total cumulative cases to 55,188. Of that number, 48,119 are no longer in isolation and 317 are hospitalized, including 149 in intensive care.

The state health department stated six new deaths were reported from Clay, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Sherburne counties. Deaths ranged from 40s to 90s, and three were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The new deaths increase the state death count to 1,606. Of that number, 1,226 were residents of long-term or assisted living facilities.

The department said 15,158 new tests were completed, increasing the total tests completed statewide to 1,040,317.

 

Minnsota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	28	0
Anoka	3,277	112
Becker	138	1
Beltrami	188	0
Benton	300	3
Big Stone	22	0
Blue Earth	841	4
Brown	82	2
Carlton	121	0
Carver	751	2
Cass	57	2
Chippewa	96	1
Chisago	172	1
Clay	742	40
Clearwater	14	0
Cook	2	0
Cottonwood	170	0
Crow Wing	198	13
Dakota	3,860	102
Dodge	122	0
Douglas	126	0
Faribault	82	0
Fillmore	61	0
Freeborn	354	1
Goodhue	173	8
Grant	48	1
Hennepin	17,547	815
Houston	38	0
Hubbard	27	0
Isanti	102	0
Itasca	125	12
Jackson	69	0
Kanabec	27	1
Kandiyohi	667	1
Kittson	3	0
Koochiching	70	3
Lac qui Parle	6	0
Lake	17	0
Lake of the Woods	1	0
Le Sueur	196	1
Lincoln	53	0
Lyon	414	3
McLeod	132	0
Mahnomen	22	1
Marshall	28	0
Martin	201	5
Meeker	83	2
Mille Lacs	56	3
Morrison	81	1
Mower	1,067	2
Murray	120	1
Nicollet	303	13
Nobles	1,740	6
Norman	34	0
Olmsted	1,608	23
Otter Tail	171	3
Pennington	70	1
Pine	126	0
Pipestone	142	9
Polk	127	3
Pope	39	0
Ramsey	6,763	260
Red Lake	17	0
Redwood	30	0
Renville	57	5
Rice	982	8
Rock	73	0
Roseau	42	0
St. Louis	409	18
Scott	1,339	13
Sherburne	629	7
Sibley	77	2
Stearns	2,807	20
Steele	326	1
Stevens	15	0
Swift	51	1
Todd	413	2
Traverse	10	0
Wabasha	78	0
Wadena	23	0
Waseca	127	0
Washington	1,852	43
Watonwan	298	0
Wilkin	27	3
Winona	243	16
Wright	786	5
Yellow Medicine	49	0
Unknown/missing	128	0