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Minnesota on Wednesday reported its highest deaths in a single day during the COVID-19 pandemic with 67 deaths, pushing the state’s total deaths past 3,000.

The people who died ranged in age from late 50s to over 100 and came from 35 counties, including one from Steele County in their early 90s. Fifty-one of the people who died lived in long-term care or assisted living facilities, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

The state has now had 3,010 cumulative deaths, of which about 69% resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Statewide, there were 5,102 new cases reported, increasing the cumulative count to 242,043, of which more than 48,000 are still considered active cases. Across the state, 1,706 people are hospitalized, including 355 in intensive care.

Freeborn County reported 26 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases and has now had 1,193 total cases. One person has been moved off the county’s list to another county.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated 11 people are hospitalized from the county, and 63 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness.

The county’s new cases included the following:

• Four people between 10 and 14

• Five between 15 and 19

• Two people in their 30s

• Three people in their 40s

• Five people in their 50s

• Two people in their 60s

• Two people in their 70s

• Two people in their 80s

• One person in their 90s

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: 10 new cases, 414 total cases

• Mower County: 13 new cases, 2,081 total cases

• Steele County: 26 new cases, 1,447 total cases

• Waseca County: 17 new cases, 1,175 total cases

The state reported 37,026 new tests were completed, including 33,237 PCR tests and 3,789 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	544	4	548	15
Anoka	16,738	636	17,374	196
Becker	1,438	6	1,444	5
Beltrami	1,622	6	1,628	13
Benton	2,176	49	2,225	35
Big Stone	250	1	251	1
Blue Earth	3,300	4	3,304	12
Brown	908	1	909	6
Carlton	1,131	119	1,250	9
Carver	3,403	40	3,443	10
Cass	1,013	2	1,015	8
Chippewa	689	2	691	7
Chisago	2,404	61	2,465	5
Clay	3,941	14	3,955	51
Clearwater	368	4	372	3
Cook	48	0	48	0
Cottonwood	547	5	552	0
Crow Wing	2,680	8	2,688	26
Dakota	16,689	208	16,897	165
Dodge	698	1	699	0
Douglas	1,817	16	1,833	21
Faribault	414	0	414	0
Fillmore	509	2	511	0
Freeborn	1,193	0	1,193	5
Goodhue	1,492	6	1,498	23
Grant	193	0	193	6
Hennepin	52,938	548	53,486	1,061
Houston	519	5	524	2
Hubbard	824	2	826	15
Isanti	1,351	57	1,408	11
Itasca	1,488	1	1,489	19
Jackson	354	2	356	1
Kanabec	443	3	446	11
Kandiyohi	2,950	6	2,956	9
Kittson	145	3	148	2
Koochiching	292	1	293	5
Lac qui Parle	263	3	266	3
Lake	255	11	266	1
Lake of the Woods	73	5	78	1
Le Sueur	1,111	2	1,113	8
Lincoln	274	1	275	1
Lyon	1,673	4	1,677	9
Mahnomen	210	0	210	3
Marshall	349	3	352	7
Martin	865	0	865	19
McLeod	1,462	3	1,465	8
Meeker	825	3	828	6
Mille Lacs	1,119	20	1,139	30
Morrison	1,484	23	1,507	16
Mower	2,062	19	2,081	22
Murray	468	1	469	3
Nicollet	1,260	1	1,261	22
Nobles	2,836	4	2,840	27
Norman	268	1	269	6
Olmsted	5,536	2	5,538	30
Otter Tail	2,186	11	2,197	12
Pennington	432	7	439	4
Pine	975	21	996	5
Pipestone	570	5	575	17
Polk	1,772	73	1,845	20
Pope	406	0	406	0
Ramsey	22,069	428	22,497	441
Red Lake	160	3	163	3
Redwood	620	2	622	17
Renville	541	11	552	16
Rice	3,045	26	3,071	27
Rock	542	7	549	9
Roseau	713	94	807	1
Scott	6,431	36	6,467	51
Sherburne	4,206	122	4,328	33
Sibley	549	5	554	4
St. Louis	6,102	90	6,192	85
Stearns	10,525	214	10,739	76
Steele	1,445	2	1,447	6
Stevens	376	3	379	1
Swift	431	1	432	5
Todd	1,500	2	1,502	12
Traverse	108	0	108	0
Wabasha	777	3	780	1
Wadena	582	8	590	6
Waseca	1,174	1	1,175	10
Washington	11,023	181	11,204	100
Watonwan	717	0	717	4
Wilkin	275	0	275	4
Winona	2,190	1	2,191	22
Wright	5,508	94	5,602	30
Yellow Medicine	478	13	491	8
Unknown/missing	316	4	320	0