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Minnesota reported nearly 4,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as high community spread of the virus continues.

The Minnesota Department of Health’s daily update stated there were 3,956 new cases reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 164,865. Of that number, 27,041 people remain in isolation, and 931 are hospitalized, including 216 in intensive care.

The new case total breaks yet another record for new cases reported in a single day.

The state also reported 25 new deaths, including a person in their early 90s from Mower County.

Other deaths were in Anoka, Beltrami, Brown, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Hubbard, Kittson, Lincoln, Morrison, Nobles, Norman, Ramsey, Scott, Stearns and Washington counties.

All of the people who died were 70 or older, and 17 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state has now had 2,555 deaths, of which 1,777 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Freeborn County reported 13 new cases on Thursday, increasing the county’s cumulative count to 811. Of that number, 112 are considered active cases, and five people are hospitalized. Fifty people from the county have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The new cases included one person under 10, one person between 10 and 20, one person in their 20s, two people in their 30s, six people in their 40s and two people in their 60s.

The following are updates from other area counties:

• Faribault County: no new cases, 285 total cases

• Mower County: seven new cases, 1,621 total cases

• Steele County: 21 new cases, 917 total cases

• Waseca County: five new cases, 983 total cases

The state reported 34,305 new cases on Wednesday, including 31,793 PCR tests and 2,512 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	272	2	274	5
Anoka	11,013	90	11,103	165
Becker	812	2	814	4
Beltrami	1,115	1	1,116	13
Benton	1,304	23	1,327	16
Big Stone	195	0	195	1
Blue Earth	2,335	0	2,335	7
Brown	462	0	462	4
Carlton	631	68	699	3
Carver	2,117	13	2,130	9
Cass	575	1	576	5
Chippewa	514	1	515	3
Chisago	1,490	15	1,505	2
Clay	2,934	0	2,934	46
Clearwater	187	0	187	1
Cook	32	0	32	0
Cottonwood	340	0	340	0
Crow Wing	1,501	2	1,503	22
Dakota	11,611	53	11,664	142
Dodge	473	0	473	0
Douglas	989	4	993	8
Faribault	285	0	285	0
Fillmore	324	1	325	0
Freeborn	811	0	811	5
Goodhue	887	1	888	15
Grant	126	0	126	5
Hennepin	39,569	155	39,724	1,012
Houston	303	0	303	2
Hubbard	560	1	561	7
Isanti	746	4	750	8
Itasca	953	0	953	17
Jackson	260	1	261	1
Kanabec	266	1	267	10
Kandiyohi	2,037	1	2,038	5
Kittson	91	0	91	1
Koochiching	197	0	197	5
Lac qui Parle	168	0	168	3
Lake	152	6	158	0
Lake of the Woods	55	2	57	1
Le Sueur	753	1	754	6
Lincoln	218	1	219	1
Lyon	1,141	2	1,143	6
Mahnomen	146	0	146	2
Marshall	224	0	224	1
Martin	673	0	673	18
McLeod	722	1	723	4
Meeker	423	0	423	4
Mille Lacs	601	5	606	21
Morrison	1,025	10	1,035	10
Mower	1,604	17	1,621	21
Murray	331	0	331	3
Nicollet	863	0	863	18
Nobles	2,525	2	2,527	21
Norman	176	0	176	4
Olmsted	3,929	1	3,930	30
Otter Tail	1,163	2	1,165	8
Pennington	253	1	254	2
Pine	677	11	688	1
Pipestone	411	0	411	17
Polk	1,141	26	1,167	7
Pope	195	0	195	0
Ramsey	16,381	143	16,524	390
Red Lake	103	2	105	2
Redwood	359	0	359	12
Renville	321	7	328	13
Rice	1,910	9	1,919	13
Rock	408	3	411	9
Roseau	425	45	470	0
Scott	4,188	13	4,201	39
Sherburne	2,305	15	2,320	26
Sibley	308	0	308	3
St. Louis	3,811	24	3,835	76
Stearns	7,229	86	7,315	55
Steele	917	0	917	4
Stevens	215	2	217	1
Swift	270	0	270	2
Todd	1,087	1	1,088	9
Traverse	68	0	68	0
Wabasha	497	0	497	1
Wadena	341	7	348	5
Waseca	983	0	983	10
Washington	7,663	31	7,694	76
Watonwan	612	0	612	4
Wilkin	170	0	170	4
Winona	1,544	1	1,545	20
Wright	3,344	12	3,356	16
Yellow Medicine	356	3	359	7
Unknown/missing	228	4	232	0