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New COVID-19 cases dipped below 1,000 in Minnesota on Tuesday, as fewer tests were completed across the state for a second day in a row. 

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 988 new COVID-19 cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 411,110 cases. Of that number, less than 18,000 cases remain active, and 878 people were hospitalized as of Sunday, including 203 in intensive care. 

Thirty-six new deaths were reported across the state from 20 counties, of which 12 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities. The people who died ranged in age from late 40s to late 90s, and included one person from Faribault County in their late 60s. 

The state has now had 5,196 cumulative deaths, of which 3,351 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state reported only 7,742 new tests were completed on Monday, including 6,681 PCR tests and 1,061 antigen tests. That is down from anywhere between 30,000 and 50,000 on most days in typical weeks. 

Freeborn County reported seven new cases and has now had 1,940 total cases. Of the total cases, 75 are considered active cases, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department. Two new hospitalizations were reported from the county, and 94 people have been hospitalized at some point during their illness. 

The new cases included three people in their 20s, one person in their 30s, two people in their 60s and one person in their 70s.

Faribault County had two new cases and has had 890 total cases; Mower County had four new cases and has had 3,299 total cases; Steele County had five new cases and has had 2,484 total cases; and Waseca County had four new cases and has now had 1,717 total cases.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	993	22	1,015	32
Anoka	26,812	1,961	28,773	320
Becker	2,615	47	2,662	33
Beltrami	2,753	101	2,854	38
Benton	3,693	160	3,853	76
Big Stone	420	9	429	3
Blue Earth	4,966	28	4,994	28
Brown	1,952	40	1,992	30
Carlton	2,283	289	2,572	36
Carver	6,116	278	6,394	33
Cass	1,878	28	1,906	19
Chippewa	1,228	33	1,261	23
Chisago	3,920	186	4,106	27
Clay	6,060	69	6,129	77
Clearwater	634	16	650	13
Cook	104	0	104	0
Cottonwood	1,131	80	1,211	14
Crow Wing	4,421	62	4,483	59
Dakota	28,850	1,040	29,890	272
Dodge	1,147	4	1,151	4
Douglas	3,332	130	3,462	58
Faribault	886	4	890	10
Fillmore	1,067	14	1,081	0
Freeborn	1,930	10	1,940	17
Goodhue	2,964	31	2,995	40
Grant	380	3	383	7
Hennepin	83,045	2,437	85,482	1,365
Houston	1,117	47	1,164	12
Hubbard	1,366	18	1,384	37
Isanti	2,455	151	2,606	31
Itasca	2,640	31	2,671	34
Jackson	737	44	781	8
Kanabec	903	20	923	18
Kandiyohi	5,317	48	5,365	64
Kittson	305	36	341	18
Koochiching	532	11	543	8
Lac qui Parle	549	44	593	14
Lake	496	43	539	15
Lake of the Woods	146	5	151	1
Le Sueur	1,903	19	1,922	15
Lincoln	440	7	447	1
Lyon	2,751	59	2,810	29
Mahnomen	389	1	390	7
Marshall	655	16	671	12
Martin	1,535	23	1,558	25
McLeod	3,009	37	3,046	39
Meeker	1,838	27	1,865	31
Mille Lacs	1,953	61	2,014	43
Morrison	2,776	109	2,885	41
Mower	3,256	43	3,299	24
Murray	712	35	747	5
Nicollet	2,017	36	2,053	30
Nobles	3,447	61	3,508	45
Norman	406	2	408	8
Olmsted	9,050	34	9,084	58
Otter Tail	4,023	140	4,163	49
Pennington	819	76	895	14
Pine	2,340	100	2,440	12
Pipestone	839	25	864	21
Polk	2,995	186	3,181	48
Pope	682	5	687	4
Ramsey	35,520	1,236	36,756	672
Red Lake	268	39	307	3
Redwood	1,274	28	1,302	26
Renville	1,236	50	1,286	38
Rice	5,393	70	5,463	52
Rock	953	58	1,011	10
Roseau	1,483	113	1,596	14
Scott	10,573	313	10,886	78
Sherburne	7,111	480	7,591	57
Sibley	972	27	999	5
St. Louis	11,860	505	12,365	198
Stearns	16,312	499	16,811	170
Steele	2,476	8	2,484	9
Stevens	659	6	665	6
Swift	763	22	785	14
Todd	2,202	17	2,219	26
Traverse	182	21	203	2
Wabasha	1,465	7	1,472	2
Wadena	1,077	36	1,113	12
Waseca	1,713	4	1,717	12
Washington	17,673	615	18,288	181
Watonwan	1,015	6	1,021	7
Wilkin	559	19	578	7
Winona	3,499	31	3,530	42
Wright	10,048	674	10,722	84
Yellow Medicine	809	49	858	14
Unknown/missing	402	20	422	0