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Freeborn County reported 49 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, increasing the active cases in the county to 163.

The county now has had 888 cumulative cases since the start of the pandemic, and currently has six people hospitalized. Fifty-one people from the county have been hospitalized since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The following is a breakdown of the new cases:

• one unknown age range

• one under 10

• 18 between 10 and 20

• six in their 20s

• five in their 30s

• five in their 40s

• eight in their 50s

• five in their 60s

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: 10 new cases, 307 total cases

• Mower County: 30 new cases, 1,677 total cases

• Steele County: 48 new cases, 1,004 total cases

• Waseca County: 10 new cases, 1,004 total cases

Statewide, there were 4,647 new cases reported across Minnesota, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 174,954. Of that number, more than 30,000 are considered active cases.

The state also reported 34 new deaths in Anoka, Benton, Clearwater, Dakota, Douglas, Hennepin, Kandiyohi, Morrison, Pope, Ramsey, Renville, Rice, Scott, Stearns, Swift, Todd, Washington and Wright counties. The people who died ranged in age from late 50s to late 90s, and 18 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

There have now been 2,625 deaths in Minnesota since the start of the pandemic, of which 1,818 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state department reported 44,738 new tests were completed Friday, including 42,981 PCR tests and 1,757 antigen tests.

 

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	320	3	323	5
Anoka	11,770	191	11,961	174
Becker	891	3	894	4
Beltrami	1,206	1	1,207	13
Benton	1,442	31	1,473	19
Big Stone	208	1	209	1
Blue Earth	2,484	0	2,484	7
Brown	535	0	535	4
Carlton	700	67	767	5
Carver	2,234	14	2,248	9
Cass	642	1	643	5
Chippewa	551	2	553	3
Chisago	1,601	21	1,622	2
Clay	3,085	2	3,087	46
Clearwater	208	0	208	2
Cook	33	0	33	0
Cottonwood	365	0	365	0
Crow Wing	1,704	2	1,706	22
Dakota	12,132	81	12,213	146
Dodge	496	0	496	0
Douglas	1,065	4	1,069	10
Faribault	307	0	307	0
Fillmore	348	1	349	0
Freeborn	888	0	888	5
Goodhue	963	1	964	17
Grant	132	0	132	5
Hennepin	41,242	194	41,436	1,020
Houston	336	0	336	2
Hubbard	595	1	596	8
Isanti	832	11	843	8
Itasca	1,026	0	1,026	17
Jackson	265	1	266	1
Kanabec	290	1	291	10
Kandiyohi	2,178	2	2,180	6
Kittson	98	2	100	1
Koochiching	200	0	200	5
Lac qui Parle	171	0	171	3
Lake	163	7	170	0
Lake of the Woods	57	4	61	1
Le Sueur	809	1	810	6
Lincoln	225	1	226	1
Lyon	1,212	2	1,214	6
Mahnomen	150	0	150	3
Marshall	244	0	244	3
Martin	701	0	701	18
McLeod	806	1	807	4
Meeker	494	0	494	4
Mille Lacs	699	5	704	21
Morrison	1,091	10	1,101	11
Mower	1,660	17	1,677	21
Murray	344	0	344	3
Nicollet	920	0	920	20
Nobles	2,554	2	2,556	22
Norman	198	0	198	4
Olmsted	4,146	1	4,147	30
Otter Tail	1,232	2	1,234	8
Pennington	268	1	269	2
Pine	717	14	731	2
Pipestone	426	0	426	17
Polk	1,208	32	1,240	9
Pope	230	0	230	1
Ramsey	17,101	196	17,297	399
Red Lake	106	2	108	2
Redwood	387	0	387	12
Renville	356	7	363	14
Rice	2,065	9	2,074	14
Rock	422	3	425	9
Roseau	472	62	534	1
Scott	4,468	13	4,481	40
Sherburne	2,605	21	2,626	26
Sibley	339	0	339	3
St. Louis	4,094	26	4,120	77
Stearns	7,738	101	7,839	59
Steele	1,003	1	1,004	4
Stevens	229	2	231	1
Swift	299	0	299	3
Todd	1,157	1	1,158	10
Traverse	74	0	74	0
Wabasha	535	0	535	1
Wadena	381	7	388	5
Waseca	1,004	0	1,004	10
Washington	8,057	58	8,115	78
Watonwan	616	0	616	4
Wilkin	180	0	180	4
Winona	1,652	1	1,653	20
Wright	3,620	21	3,641	20
Yellow Medicine	377	4	381	7
Unknown/missing	243	4	247	0