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Minnesota reported 75 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, including one person in Faribault County.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the person was between 80 and 84 years old and is the ninth death in the county.

Deaths across the state came from 36 counties, including people ranging in age from late 50s to late 90s. Forty-five resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities, and three resided in group homes or residential behavioral health facilities.

The state has now has 4,971 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, of which 3,220 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The number of new cases across the state continues the downward trend with 1,513 new cases reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 402,519. Of that number, about 23,000 are still considered active cases and as of Monday 1,060 were hospitalized, including 228 in intensive care.

Freeborn County reported seven new cases and has now had 1,887 cumulative cases.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated of the total cases, 87 are considered active. No new hospitalizations were reported Wednesday.

The new cases included one person in their 20s, three people in their 30s, one person in their 40s, one person in their 60s and one person in their 70s.

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: five new lab-confirmed cases, one probable case; 860 total cases
• Mower County: nine new lab-confirmed cases; 3,245 total cases
• Steele County: 12 new lab-confirmed cases; 2,443 total cases
• Waseca County: 10 new lab-confirmed cases; 1,669 total cases

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	969	22	991	32
Anoka	26,410	1,816	28,226	302
Becker	2,573	45	2,618	32
Beltrami	2,707	97	2,804	34
Benton	3,626	147	3,773	72
Big Stone	412	9	421	3
Blue Earth	4,855	24	4,879	27
Brown	1,905	39	1,944	27
Carlton	2,245	271	2,516	34
Carver	6,010	247	6,257	32
Cass	1,844	24	1,868	18
Chippewa	1,198	33	1,231	21
Chisago	3,830	178	4,008	26
Clay	5,984	66	6,050	73
Clearwater	618	12	630	13
Cook	102	0	102	0
Cottonwood	1,124	77	1,201	14
Crow Wing	4,356	59	4,415	53
Dakota	28,275	895	29,170	261
Dodge	1,129	3	1,132	3
Douglas	3,254	120	3,374	55
Faribault	856	4	860	9
Fillmore	1,015	13	1,028	0
Freeborn	1,875	10	1,885	17
Goodhue	2,834	23	2,857	37
Grant	362	3	365	7
Hennepin	81,568	2,227	83,795	1,328
Houston	1,071	47	1,118	11
Hubbard	1,347	16	1,363	34
Isanti	2,401	145	2,546	30
Itasca	2,586	31	2,617	33
Jackson	721	42	763	5
Kanabec	879	18	897	18
Kandiyohi	5,228	47	5,275	57
Kittson	301	36	337	18
Koochiching	523	11	534	8
Lac qui Parle	528	42	570	14
Lake	484	43	527	15
Lake of the Woods	143	5	148	1
Le Sueur	1,859	18	1,877	15
Lincoln	435	7	442	1
Lyon	2,688	55	2,743	26
Mahnomen	378	1	379	7
Marshall	649	16	665	12
Martin	1,515	20	1,535	24
McLeod	2,954	35	2,989	34
Meeker	1,803	25	1,828	30
Mille Lacs	1,923	59	1,982	43
Morrison	2,745	105	2,850	39
Mower	3,207	38	3,245	23
Murray	702	28	730	5
Nicollet	1,979	23	2,002	30
Nobles	3,420	59	3,479	44
Norman	404	1	405	8
Olmsted	8,756	30	8,786	52
Otter Tail	3,966	133	4,099	45
Pennington	797	76	873	13
Pine	2,218	83	2,301	12
Pipestone	834	25	859	21
Polk	2,961	181	3,142	47
Pope	667	5	672	3
Ramsey	34,897	1,169	36,066	649
Red Lake	262	35	297	3
Redwood	1,250	27	1,277	26
Renville	1,207	49	1,256	37
Rice	5,198	66	5,264	47
Rock	948	57	1,005	10
Roseau	1,457	112	1,569	13
Scott	10,379	275	10,654	74
Sherburne	6,985	454	7,439	55
Sibley	951	26	977	4
St. Louis	11,529	454	11,983	181
Stearns	16,078	491	16,569	164
Steele	2,435	8	2,443	9
Stevens	649	5	654	6
Swift	755	22	777	14
Todd	2,177	15	2,192	24
Traverse	180	19	199	2
Wabasha	1,428	6	1,434	2
Wadena	1,051	35	1,086	10
Waseca	1,665	4	1,669	12
Washington	17,332	581	17,913	174
Watonwan	1,012	6	1,018	5
Wilkin	553	18	571	6
Winona	3,434	30	3,464	42
Wright	9,867	636	10,503	79
Yellow Medicine	792	47	839	14
Unknown/missing	403	20	423	1