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Waseca County reported its third COVID-19 death on Monday, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

The state agency reported the person was in their early 70s and was a resident of a long-term care or assisted living facility.

The county also reported nine new cases, increasing its total cases to 266.

Freeborn County reported one new case, increasing the county’s cumulative total to 401. Of the total cases, 17 are considered active and no one is currently hospitalized.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department reported the new case was a person in their 30s.

The following are the increases and cumulative totals for other area counties:

• Faribault County: three new cases, 117 total cases

• Mower County: three new cases, 1,179 total cases

• Steele County: five new cases, 433 total cases

Statewide, 679 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 75,864. Of that total, 67,656 are no longer in isolation and 306 are hospitalized, including 131 in intensive care.

The death in Waseca County was the only death in the state on Sunday.

There have now been 1,817 deaths across the state, of which 1,339 were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state department reported 11,346 new tests were completed Sunday, increasing the state’s cumulative count to 1,489,726.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	48	1
Anoka	4,741	121
Becker	198	2
Beltrami	321	1
Benton	402	3
Big Stone	35	0
Blue Earth	1,243	5
Brown	128	2
Carlton	191	1
Carver	1,123	4
Cass	105	3
Chippewa	135	1
Chisago	316	1
Clay	880	40
Clearwater	19	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	203	0
Crow Wing	309	16
Dakota	5,936	110
Dodge	158	0
Douglas	167	1
Faribault	117	0
Fillmore	86	0
Freeborn	401	1
Goodhue	267	9
Grant	55	4
Hennepin	23,134	879
Houston	77	0
Hubbard	45	0
Isanti	175	0
Itasca	198	12
Jackson	96	1
Kanabec	65	5
Kandiyohi	816	1
Kittson	7	0
Koochiching	88	3
Lac qui Parle	15	0
Lake	34	0
Lake of the Woods	7	0
Le Sueur	378	2
Lincoln	69	0
Lyon	525	3
Mahnomen	35	1
Marshall	36	0
Martin	236	6
McLeod	362	1
Meeker	108	2
Mille Lacs	102	3
Morrison	117	1
Mower	1,179	3
Murray	141	1
Nicollet	442	15
Nobles	1,865	13
Norman	46	0
Olmsted	2,036	24
Otter Tail	294	4
Pennington	88	1
Pine	155	0
Pipestone	187	9
Polk	200	4
Pope	64	0
Ramsey	9,203	298
Red Lake	29	0
Redwood	62	0
Renville	84	6
Rice	1,193	8
Rock	104	0
Roseau	73	0
Scott	2,010	31
Sherburne	915	13
Sibley	140	3
St. Louis	885	23
Stearns	3,268	22
Steele	433	2
Stevens	47	0
Swift	65	1
Todd	449	2
Traverse	21	0
Wabasha	123	0
Wadena	49	0
Waseca	266	3
Washington	2,996	54
Watonwan	443	4
Wilkin	51	3
Winona	446	17
Wright	1,251	6
Yellow Medicine	87	1
Unknown/missing	159	0