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A day after reporting 15 new COVID-19 cases, Freeborn County had no new cases on Friday, according to the daily updates from state and local health officials.

The county has now had 440 cumulative cases as one person was removed from the county’s list and moved to another county. 

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated of the county’s total cases, 33 are considered active cases, and one person is hospitalized.

Albert Lea Area Schools has reported two total COVID-19 cases in the district since school began — both at Albert Lea High School. Superintendent Mike Funk said the second case was unrelated to the first case. Only the second case is considered active.

The following were the updates for other area counties:

• Faribault County: two new cases, 123 total cases

• Mower County: five new cases, 1,222 total cases

• Steele County: six new cases, 494 total cases

• Waseca County: four new cases, 362 total cases

Statewide, 484 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 82,716. Of that number, 75,757 are no longer in isolation, and 253 are hospitalized, including 139 in intensive care, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Thirteen new deaths were reported in the state from Anoka, Blue Earth, Hennepin, Kandiyohi, Nobles and Ramsey counties. Seven were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities and one was a resident of a group home or residential treat behavioral health center.

The new deaths increase the state’s total death count to 1,897. Of that number, 1,382 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state department said after three days with test counts ranging from 5,500 to about 8,000, tests completed Thursday were listed at 17,841.

The total tests completed in the state are now 1,665,328.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Cases	Deaths
Aitkin	63	1
Anoka	5,213	126
Becker	217	2
Beltrami	344	3
Benton	445	3
Big Stone	45	0
Blue Earth	1,468	6
Brown	141	2
Carlton	209	1
Carver	1,222	7
Cass	112	3
Chippewa	165	1
Chisago	381	1
Clay	1,059	40
Clearwater	23	0
Cook	6	0
Cottonwood	208	0
Crow Wing	361	18
Dakota	6,655	120
Dodge	175	0
Douglas	194	1
Faribault	123	0
Fillmore	89	0
Freeborn	440	1
Goodhue	286	9
Grant	56	4
Hennepin	24,398	901
Houston	92	0
Hubbard	52	0
Isanti	203	0
Itasca	228	13
Jackson	100	1
Kanabec	77	7
Kandiyohi	869	2
Kittson	12	0
Koochiching	96	3
Lac qui Parle	26	0
Lake	44	0
Lake of the Woods	16	1
Le Sueur	422	3
Lincoln	78	0
Lyon	591	3
Mahnomen	39	1
Marshall	46	1
Martin	254	9
McLeod	404	1
Meeker	135	2
Mille Lacs	125	3
Morrison	160	1
Mower	1,222	3
Murray	146	2
Nicollet	471	16
Nobles	1,903	15
Norman	48	0
Olmsted	2,154	26
Otter Tail	325	4
Pennington	102	1
Pine	173	0
Pipestone	201	9
Polk	227	4
Pope	74	0
Ramsey	9,899	308
Red Lake	35	0
Redwood	82	0
Renville	103	6
Rice	1,247	8
Rock	121	0
Roseau	95	0
Scott	2,238	32
Sherburne	995	13
Sibley	153	3
St. Louis	1,090	25
Stearns	3,505	23
Steele	494	2
Stevens	82	1
Swift	78	1
Todd	463	2
Traverse	28	0
Wabasha	143	0
Wadena	57	0
Waseca	362	6
Washington	3,335	55
Watonwan	462	4
Wilkin	55	3
Winona	647	17
Wright	1,416	6
Yellow Medicine	122	1
Unknown/missing	196	0