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The Minnesota Department of Health on Monday reported 6,353 new COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths.

The state has now had 276,500 cumulative cases since the start of the pandemic, of which almost 50,000 are considered active cases.

The deaths were reported in Aitkin, Benton, Clay, Crow Wing, Hennepin, Itasca, Kandiyohi, Lake, Lyon, Pine, Ramsey, Sherburne, Swift, Washington, Wright and Yellow Medicine counties.

The people who died ranged in age from early 50s to late 90s, and eight resided in long-term care facilities.

The state has now had 3,265 total deaths, of which 2,223 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Freeborn County reported 30 new cases and has now had 1,393 total cases. One person was also added to the county’s list from another county.

Of the total cases, 272 are considered active cases and 16 are hospitalized, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The new cases included the following:

• One person between 5 and 9
• Five people between 10 and 14
• Four people between 15 and 19
• Two people in their 20s
• Three people in their 30s
• Four people in their 40s
• Five people in their 50s
• Three people in their 60s
• One person in their 70s
• Two people in their 80s

The following are updates on other area counties:

Faribault County: nine new cases, 475 total cases

Mower County: 37 new cases, 2,367 total cases

Steele County: 35 new cases, 1,675 total cases

Waseca County: 11 new cases, 1,297 total cases

The state department reported 57,015 tests were completed, including 56,081 PCR tests and 934 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	682	7	689	23
Anoka	18,881	843	19,724	213
Becker	1,742	13	1,755	9
Beltrami	1,826	20	1,846	15
Benton	2,543	76	2,619	40
Big Stone	276	1	277	1
Blue Earth	3,729	6	3,735	11
Brown	1,168	7	1,175	10
Carlton	1,393	143	1,536	10
Carver	4,037	60	4,097	12
Cass	1,195	6	1,201	8
Chippewa	765	4	769	7
Chisago	2,752	87	2,839	8
Clay	4,433	18	4,451	55
Clearwater	428	7	435	6
Cook	58	0	58	0
Cottonwood	684	22	706	0
Crow Wing	3,144	17	3,161	30
Dakota	18,914	301	19,215	176
Dodge	785	0	785	0
Douglas	2,162	36	2,198	29
Faribault	475	0	475	0
Fillmore	603	2	605	0
Freeborn	1,391	2	1,393	5
Goodhue	1,769	7	1,776	26
Grant	234	0	234	6
Hennepin	58,211	792	59,003	1,089
Houston	600	15	615	2
Hubbard	960	10	970	22
Isanti	1,576	74	1,650	15
Itasca	1,686	3	1,689	24
Jackson	405	4	409	1
Kanabec	525	4	529	11
Kandiyohi	3,462	20	3,482	15
Kittson	173	12	185	6
Koochiching	330	2	332	5
Lac qui Parle	317	3	320	3
Lake	325	33	358	4
Lake of the Woods	82	5	87	1
Le Sueur	1,310	11	1,321	9
Lincoln	311	3	314	1
Lyon	1,928	9	1,937	11
Mahnomen	248	1	249	4
Marshall	418	9	427	7
Martin	979	3	982	20
McLeod	1,879	8	1,887	9
Meeker	1,074	5	1,079	7
Mille Lacs	1,299	29	1,328	30
Morrison	2,077	39	2,116	21
Mower	2,343	24	2,367	22
Murray	524	4	528	3
Nicollet	1,460	5	1,465	23
Nobles	2,950	10	2,960	28
Norman	308	1	309	6
Olmsted	6,096	5	6,101	30
Otter Tail	2,641	25	2,666	15
Pennington	524	11	535	6
Pine	1,163	29	1,192	6
Pipestone	663	7	670	18
Polk	2,181	105	2,286	21
Pope	481	1	482	0
Ramsey	24,433	555	24,988	472
Red Lake	185	5	190	3
Redwood	775	5	780	18
Renville	682	26	708	18
Rice	3,581	33	3,614	31
Rock	632	11	643	9
Roseau	894	98	992	3
Scott	7,467	71	7,538	54
Sherburne	4,933	192	5,125	39
Sibley	702	7	709	4
St. Louis	7,270	138	7,408	97
Stearns	11,983	283	12,266	89
Steele	1,671	4	1,675	6
Stevens	440	4	444	2
Swift	494	3	497	6
Todd	1,645	8	1,653	12
Traverse	133	0	133	0
Wabasha	909	3	912	1
Wadena	684	16	700	6
Waseca	1,295	2	1,297	10
Washington	12,289	249	12,538	106
Watonwan	774	1	775	4
Wilkin	327	0	327	5
Winona	2,452	9	2,461	28
Wright	6,448	186	6,634	36
Yellow Medicine	543	23	566	11
Unknown/missing	338	5	343	0