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Minnesota on Wednesday tied a record for the most deaths in a single day from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 72 people died from 34 counties across the state.

Aside from one person in their early 40s and one person in their early 50s in Ramsey County, the remainder were 60 or older. Forty-eight of the residents lived in long-term care or assisted living facilities and one lived in a group home or residential behavioral health facility.

The state has now had 3,375 people who have died from COVID-19 during the pandemic, of which 2,292 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Statewide, there were 6,399 new cases reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 289,303.

Of that total, about 49,000 are still considered active cases. As of Tuesday, 1,812 people were hospitalized, including 387 in intensive care.

Freeborn County reported 26 new cases, increasing its total to 1,446. Of that number, 299 are considered active cases, and 22 people are hospitalized. Seventy-five people have now been hospitalized at some point during their illness. 

The new cases included the following:

• One person between 5 and 9

• Two people between 15 and 19

• Six people in their 30s

• Four people in their 40s

• Three people in their 50s

• Four people in their 60s

• Two people in their 70s

• Four people in their 80s

The following are updates on other area counties:

• Faribault County: 18 new lab-confirmed cases: 508 total cases

• Mower County: 15 new lab-confirmed cases, 2 new probable cases; 2,413 total cases

• Steele County: 50 new lab-confirmed cases; 1,782 total cases

• Waseca County: 28 new lab-confirmed cases; 1340 total cases

The state reported 65,552 new tests were completed, including 62,857 PCR tests and 2,695 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	691	7	698	26
Anoka	19,619	903	20,522	218
Becker	1,856	19	1,875	12
Beltrami	1,926	20	1,946	15
Benton	2,711	75	2,786	42
Big Stone	283	1	284	1
Blue Earth	3,864	7	3,871	12
Brown	1,238	12	1,250	11
Carlton	1,499	158	1,657	10
Carver	4,253	69	4,322	13
Cass	1,276	8	1,284	9
Chippewa	801	4	805	7
Chisago	2,839	96	2,935	8
Clay	4,617	21	4,638	56
Clearwater	446	7	453	6
Cook	60	0	60	0
Cottonwood	740	28	768	2
Crow Wing	3,320	26	3,346	31
Dakota	19,766	330	20,096	183
Dodge	806	0	806	0
Douglas	2,322	54	2,376	31
Faribault	507	1	508	1
Fillmore	630	2	632	0
Freeborn	1,441	5	1,446	5
Goodhue	1,848	9	1,857	27
Grant	250	1	251	6
Hennepin	60,782	869	61,651	1,100
Houston	623	19	642	2
Hubbard	1,028	10	1,038	22
Isanti	1,666	77	1,743	16
Itasca	1,757	4	1,761	24
Jackson	430	6	436	1
Kanabec	544	5	549	12
Kandiyohi	3,713	25	3,738	19
Kittson	177	14	191	7
Koochiching	349	4	353	5
Lac qui Parle	335	3	338	3
Lake	348	33	381	6
Lake of the Woods	88	5	93	1
Le Sueur	1,369	12	1,381	10
Lincoln	314	3	317	1
Lyon	2,009	10	2,019	11
Mahnomen	269	1	270	4
Marshall	434	9	443	8
Martin	1,016	3	1,019	20
McLeod	1,948	8	1,956	10
Meeker	1,123	7	1,130	8
Mille Lacs	1,385	31	1,416	30
Morrison	2,142	53	2,195	24
Mower	2,387	26	2,413	23
Murray	544	5	549	3
Nicollet	1,503	5	1,508	23
Nobles	2,975	12	2,987	29
Norman	321	1	322	7
Olmsted	6,257	4	6,261	34
Otter Tail	2,799	29	2,828	18
Pennington	572	13	585	6
Pine	1,211	34	1,245	8
Pipestone	670	8	678	18
Polk	2,235	109	2,344	23
Pope	497	2	499	0
Ramsey	25,313	590	25,903	487
Red Lake	198	5	203	3
Redwood	829	8	837	18
Renville	711	40	751	19
Rice	3,825	35	3,860	33
Rock	671	11	682	9
Roseau	951	99	1,050	3
Scott	7,748	79	7,827	54
Sherburne	5,164	222	5,386	40
Sibley	734	7	741	4
St. Louis	7,771	164	7,935	101
Stearns	12,613	297	12,910	98
Steele	1,776	6	1,782	6
Stevens	459	5	464	3
Swift	527	9	536	6
Todd	1,709	7	1,716	12
Traverse	136	0	136	0
Wabasha	956	5	961	1
Wadena	718	19	737	6
Waseca	1,337	3	1,340	11
Washington	12,796	270	13,066	109
Watonwan	797	1	798	4
Wilkin	346	0	346	5
Winona	2,569	12	2,581	28
Wright	6,803	221	7,024	36
Yellow Medicine	570	23	593	11
Unknown/missing	375	12	387	0