Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

Minnesota’s COVID-19 deaths continued to rise Thursday, breaking the record from the day before for most deaths in a single day.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 72 deaths were reported from 30 counties across the state. Aside from one person in their late 30s in Wilkin County and one person in their late 40s in Anoka County, the remaining people who died were 60 or older. Fifty-one resided in a long-term care or assisted living facility.

The state has now had 3,082 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, of which about 69 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Across the state, 7,877 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 249,906. Of that total, more than 50,000 were still considered active cases.

Freeborn County reported 41 new cases and has now had 1,235 total cases, of which 263 are considered active cases and 10 people are hospitalized. The Department of Health listed the county’s positivity rate at 5.2%.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated the new cases include the following:

• One person between 0 and 4

• One person between 5 and 9

• One person between 10 and 14

• Seven people between 15 and 19

• Three people in their 20s

• 14 people in their 30s

• Five people in their 40s

• Three people in their 50s

• Three people in their 60s

• One person in their 70s

• One person in their 80s

• One person in their 90s

The following are updates on other area counties:

• Faribault County: 19 new cases, 430 total cases

• Mower County: 73 new cases, 2,155 total cases

• Steele County: 34 new cases, 1,482 total cases

• Waseca County: 26 new cases, 1,201 total cases

The Department of Health reported 56,820 new tests completed, including 55,087 PCR tests and 1,733 antigen tests.

 

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	557	6	563	18
Anoka	17,186	673	17,859	203
Becker	1,486	6	1,492	6
Beltrami	1,653	6	1,659	13
Benton	2,320	50	2,370	36
Big Stone	255	1	256	1
Blue Earth	3,432	4	3,436	12
Brown	958	2	960	9
Carlton	1,190	123	1,313	9
Carver	3,548	46	3,594	10
Cass	1,055	2	1,057	8
Chippewa	695	2	697	7
Chisago	2,482	65	2,547	7
Clay	4,061	15	4,076	51
Clearwater	383	4	387	4
Cook	50	0	50	0
Cottonwood	573	7	580	0
Crow Wing	2,802	8	2,810	27
Dakota	17,106	234	17,340	170
Dodge	723	0	723	0
Douglas	1,864	16	1,880	22
Faribault	430	0	430	0
Fillmore	534	2	536	0
Freeborn	1,234	1	1,235	5
Goodhue	1,540	5	1,545	25
Grant	197	0	197	6
Hennepin	54,061	601	54,662	1,066
Houston	536	7	543	2
Hubbard	840	3	843	17
Isanti	1,381	62	1,443	11
Itasca	1,531	2	1,533	21
Jackson	356	2	358	1
Kanabec	452	3	455	11
Kandiyohi	3,039	8	3,047	12
Kittson	147	3	150	3
Koochiching	299	1	300	5
Lac qui Parle	276	3	279	3
Lake	271	14	285	1
Lake of the Woods	73	5	78	1
Le Sueur	1,163	9	1,172	8
Lincoln	280	1	281	1
Lyon	1,697	5	1,702	10
Mahnomen	216	0	216	4
Marshall	355	5	360	7
Martin	890	0	890	20
McLeod	1,536	3	1,539	8
Meeker	877	3	880	7
Mille Lacs	1,156	22	1,178	30
Morrison	1,837	25	1,862	19
Mower	2,136	19	2,155	22
Murray	480	1	481	3
Nicollet	1,325	3	1,328	22
Nobles	2,850	5	2,855	27
Norman	276	1	277	6
Olmsted	5,696	2	5,698	30
Otter Tail	2,249	12	2,261	14
Pennington	443	8	451	4
Pine	1,001	22	1,023	5
Pipestone	599	6	605	17
Polk	1,864	85	1,949	20
Pope	419	0	419	0
Ramsey	22,620	451	23,071	450
Red Lake	159	3	162	3
Redwood	639	2	641	17
Renville	567	13	580	17
Rice	3,218	30	3,248	27
Rock	556	7	563	9
Roseau	730	96	826	1
Scott	6,652	49	6,701	52
Sherburne	4,433	125	4,558	36
Sibley	587	6	593	4
St. Louis	6,435	111	6,546	87
Stearns	11,017	221	11,238	79
Steele	1,480	2	1,482	6
Stevens	377	3	380	1
Swift	441	1	442	5
Todd	1,531	4	1,535	12
Traverse	109	0	109	0
Wabasha	798	3	801	1
Wadena	605	8	613	6
Waseca	1,200	1	1,201	10
Washington	11,299	196	11,495	100
Watonwan	730	0	730	4
Wilkin	292	0	292	5
Winona	2,258	2	2,260	25
Wright	5,719	98	5,817	30
Yellow Medicine	485	14	499	8
Unknown/missing	369	4	373	0