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Freeborn County reported 55 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday as cases across the state continue to rise.

According to the Freeborn County Public Health Department, Freeborn County has now had 1,362 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Of those cases, 272 are considered active cases, and 15 people are hospitalized. Sixty-eight people have been hospitalized at some point during the pandemic.

The new cases include the following:

• Three people between 0 and 4

• Five people between 10 and 14

• Six people between 15 and 19

• Six people in their 20s

• Seven people in their 30s

• Five people in their 40s

• 13 people in their 50s

• Three people in their 60s

• Three people in their 70s

• Three people in their 80s

• One person in their 90s

The following are updates on other area counties:

• Faribault County: 16 new cases, 465 total cases

• Mower County: 72 new cases, 2,328 total cases

• Steele County: 47 new cases, 1,639 total cases

• Waseca County: 38 new cases, 1,287 total cases

Across the state, 7,219 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 270,157.

Of that number, a little more than 50,000 are still considered active cases, and as of Thursday, almost 1,800 people were hospitalized.

Statewide, 40 deaths were reported across 21 counties. The people who died ranged in age from late 30s to over 100, and 22 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state has had 3,241 deaths from COVID-19, of which 2,214 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state department reported 56,617 tests were completed, including 49,563 PCR tests and 7,054 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	640	7	647	22
Anoka	18,416	795	19,211	213
Becker	1,667	9	1,676	9
Beltrami	1,759	12	1,771	15
Benton	2,489	74	2,563	38
Big Stone	270	1	271	1
Blue Earth	3,664	6	3,670	11
Brown	1,120	6	1,126	10
Carlton	1,349	134	1,483	10
Carver	3,915	58	3,973	12
Cass	1,149	4	1,153	8
Chippewa	740	3	743	7
Chisago	2,696	81	2,777	8
Clay	4,341	18	4,359	54
Clearwater	410	5	415	6
Cook	57	0	57	0
Cottonwood	660	20	680	0
Crow Wing	3,051	16	3,067	29
Dakota	18,455	283	18,738	176
Dodge	777	0	777	0
Douglas	2,087	32	2,119	29
Faribault	465	0	465	0
Fillmore	589	2	591	0
Freeborn	1,360	2	1,362	5
Goodhue	1,724	7	1,731	26
Grant	225	0	225	6
Hennepin	57,175	751	57,926	1,084
Houston	589	12	601	2
Hubbard	918	10	928	22
Isanti	1,524	67	1,591	15
Itasca	1,649	3	1,652	23
Jackson	394	4	398	1
Kanabec	493	4	497	11
Kandiyohi	3,361	15	3,376	13
Kittson	166	12	178	6
Koochiching	326	1	327	5
Lac qui Parle	309	3	312	3
Lake	313	33	346	3
Lake of the Woods	77	5	82	1
Le Sueur	1,278	11	1,289	9
Lincoln	306	2	308	1
Lyon	1,890	8	1,898	10
Mahnomen	239	1	240	4
Marshall	395	9	404	7
Martin	967	3	970	20
McLeod	1,803	5	1,808	9
Meeker	1,007	4	1,011	7
Mille Lacs	1,262	28	1,290	30
Morrison	2,040	35	2,075	21
Mower	2,305	23	2,328	22
Murray	514	3	517	3
Nicollet	1,440	5	1,445	23
Nobles	2,929	9	2,938	28
Norman	299	1	300	6
Olmsted	6,042	5	6,047	30
Otter Tail	2,494	20	2,514	15
Pennington	496	11	507	6
Pine	1,133	29	1,162	5
Pipestone	650	6	656	18
Polk	2,120	102	2,222	21
Pope	462	0	462	0
Ramsey	23,992	536	24,528	470
Red Lake	179	4	183	3
Redwood	747	4	751	18
Renville	664	24	688	18
Rice	3,471	32	3,503	31
Rock	614	11	625	9
Roseau	846	98	944	3
Scott	7,292	64	7,356	54
Sherburne	4,811	184	4,995	38
Sibley	677	7	684	4
St. Louis	6,988	134	7,122	97
Stearns	11,734	269	12,003	89
Steele	1,636	3	1,639	6
Stevens	431	3	434	2
Swift	481	2	483	5
Todd	1,607	7	1,614	12
Traverse	119	0	119	0
Wabasha	893	3	896	1
Wadena	657	13	670	6
Waseca	1,285	2	1,287	10
Washington	12,110	241	12,351	104
Watonwan	759	1	760	4
Wilkin	317	0	317	5
Winona	2,401	8	2,409	28
Wright	6,292	169	6,461	35
Yellow Medicine	533	20	553	10
Unknown/missing	521	6	527	0