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Minnesota reported 19 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, including one in Mower County, according to state health officials.

The county has now had 18 COVID-19 deaths. The new resident who died was between 80 and 84 years, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

The other deaths reported Wednesday were in Anoka, Beltrami, Clearwater, Douglas, Hennepin, Mille Lacs, Nobles, Ramsey, Renville, Rock, St. Louis, Stearns and Swift counties. All of the people were 70 or older, and 16 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state has now had 2,387 cumulative deaths, of which 1,669 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Statewide, 1,916 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative positive cases to 139,444. Of the total cases, 123,529 no longer need to be in isolation.

Freeborn County reported nine new COVID-19 cases and has now had 700 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

The new cases included one person between 10 and 20, one person in their 20s, one person in their 30s, four people in their 50s, one person in their 60s and one person in their 80s, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

Sixty-four of the county’s cases are considered active cases, and four people are currently hospitalized. Forty-four people have been hospitalized at some point during their illness.

The following were updates from other area counties:

• Faribault County: five new cases, 244 total cases
• Mower County: five new cases, 1,539 total cases
• Steele County: six new cases, 787 total cases
• Waseca County: five new cases, 941 total cases

The state reported 17,230 new PCR tests were completed Tuesday, along with 746 antigen tests, for a total of 17,976.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	186	2	188	2
Anoka	9,129	31	9,160	153
Becker	602	2	604	4
Beltrami	926	1	927	8
Benton	992	17	1,009	9
Big Stone	153	0	153	1
Blue Earth	2,085	0	2,085	7
Brown	335	0	335	3
Carlton	458	25	483	2
Carver	1,858	9	1,867	7
Cass	405	0	405	5
Chippewa	468	1	469	3
Chisago	1,111	3	1,114	2
Clay	2,464	0	2,464	43
Clearwater	128	0	128	1
Cook	18	0	18	0
Cottonwood	290	0	290	0
Crow Wing	1,082	1	1,083	22
Dakota	10,103	29	10,132	138
Dodge	405	0	405	0
Douglas	734	0	734	4
Faribault	244	0	244	0
Fillmore	265	0	265	0
Freeborn	700	0	700	4
Goodhue	632	1	633	11
Grant	102	0	102	4
Hennepin	34,898	90	34,988	995
Houston	220	0	220	1
Hubbard	423	0	423	3
Isanti	582	1	583	5
Itasca	771	0	771	17
Jackson	219	0	219	1
Kanabec	229	1	230	10
Kandiyohi	1,782	1	1,783	5
Kittson	50	0	50	0
Koochiching	176	0	176	5
Lac qui Parle	145	0	145	3
Lake	127	2	129	0
Lake of the Woods	45	0	45	1
Le Sueur	651	0	651	6
Lincoln	190	1	191	0
Lyon	1,005	2	1,007	6
Mahnomen	128	0	128	2
Marshall	137	0	137	1
Martin	619	0	619	18
McLeod	614	1	615	4
Meeker	348	0	348	3
Mille Lacs	428	4	432	16
Morrison	794	8	802	9
Mower	1,521	18	1,539	18
Murray	291	0	291	3
Nicollet	756	0	756	18
Nobles	2,318	1	2,319	18
Norman	128	0	128	0
Olmsted	3,359	0	3,359	30
Otter Tail	920	1	921	7
Pennington	208	1	209	1
Pine	561	2	563	0
Pipestone	361	0	361	17
Polk	772	14	786	4
Pope	165	0	165	0
Ramsey	14,374	97	14,471	364
Red Lake	81	1	82	2
Redwood	294	0	294	11
Renville	257	6	263	13
Rice	1,683	0	1,683	10
Rock	353	2	355	5
Roseau	300	0	300	0
Scott	3,540	9	3,549	34
Sherburne	1,754	9	1,763	22
Sibley	262	0	262	3
St. Louis	3,126	16	3,142	71
Stearns	6,028	54	6,082	48
Steele	787	0	787	3
Stevens	185	1	186	1
Swift	212	0	212	2
Todd	871	1	872	6
Traverse	58	0	58	0
Wabasha	405	0	405	0
Wadena	250	7	257	3
Waseca	941	0	941	9
Washington	6,216	17	6,233	72
Watonwan	581	0	581	4
Wilkin	142	0	142	4
Winona	1,296	0	1,296	19
Wright	2,648	5	2,653	15
Yellow Medicine	291	3	294	6
Unknown/missing	193	2	195	0