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COVID-19 cases continued to rise in area counties on Friday, according to the daily update from local and state health officials.

Freeborn County reported three new cases, increasing the county’s cumulative total to 413.

The following are updates from other area counties:

• Faribault County: one new case, 117 total cases,
• Mower County: six new cases, 1,198 total cases
• Steele County: eight new cases, 458 total cases
• Waseca County: 17 new cases, 298 total cases

Statewide, 856 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 78,899. Of that number 70,537 are out of isolation, and 274 are hospitalized, including 138 in intensive care, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Ten new deaths were reported in Ramsey, Anoka, Hennepin, Marshall and Martin counties. The deaths were in people ranging in age from their 40s to 90s, and six people resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities. One resided in a group home or residential behavioral health facility.

The new deaths increased the state’s total death count to 1,847, of which 1,354 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

There were 18,693 new tests completed, increasing the total tests completed to 1,558,831, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	55	1
Anoka	4,923	123
Becker	205	2
Beltrami	329	1
Benton	419	3
Big Stone	38	0
Blue Earth	1,363	5
Brown	136	2
Carlton	202	1
Carver	1,169	5
Cass	105	3
Chippewa	149	1
Chisago	329	1
Clay	960	40
Clearwater	20	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	202	0
Crow Wing	327	16
Dakota	6,303	113
Dodge	160	0
Douglas	179	1
Faribault	117	0
Fillmore	88	0
Freeborn	413	1
Goodhue	269	9
Grant	56	4
Hennepin	23,798	888
Houston	83	0
Hubbard	46	0
Isanti	187	0
Itasca	212	13
Jackson	98	1
Kanabec	71	6
Kandiyohi	842	1
Kittson	8	0
Koochiching	90	3
Lac qui Parle	20	0
Lake	37	0
Lake of the Woods	14	1
Le Sueur	401	2
Lincoln	71	0
Lyon	556	3
Mahnomen	36	1
Marshall	44	1
Martin	248	9
McLeod	375	1
Meeker	119	2
Mille Lacs	107	3
Morrison	125	1
Mower	1,198	3
Murray	144	2
Nicollet	452	15
Nobles	1,882	13
Norman	48	0
Olmsted	2,080	25
Otter Tail	310	4
Pennington	98	1
Pine	160	0
Pipestone	193	9
Polk	218	4
Pope	67	0
Ramsey	9,492	301
Red Lake	32	0
Redwood	73	0
Renville	91	6
Rice	1,216	8
Rock	112	0
Roseau	76	0
Scott	2,141	32
Sherburne	947	13
Sibley	144	3
St. Louis	947	24
Stearns	3,384	22
Steele	458	2
Stevens	64	1
Swift	70	1
Todd	452	2
Traverse	21	0
Wabasha	129	0
Wadena	49	0
Waseca	298	3
Washington	3,168	54
Watonwan	449	4
Wilkin	51	3
Winona	550	17
Wright	1,321	6
Yellow Medicine	105	1
Unknown/missing	166	0