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Minnesota reported continued improvements in its COVID-19 numbers on Monday with smaller increases in new COVID-19 cases and decreased hospitalizations.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the state had 1,087 new cases reported on Monday. The state has now had 410,138 cumulative cases since the start of the pandemic, of which about 21,000 cases are still considered active.

Hospitalizations dropped to 878, including 203 in intensive care.

The state had 13 new deaths from eight counties of people ranging in age from early 50s to late 90s. Seven resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state has now had 5,160 cumulative deaths, of which 3,339 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Freeborn County reported 10 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, increasing its cumulative total to 1,934. Of that number, 77 are considered active cases.

The new cases included one person between 15 and 19; two people in their 20s; two people in their 30s; two people in their 40s; one person in their 50s; and two people in their 60s.

Faribault County had one new lab-confirmed case and has had 888 total cases; Mower County had four new lab-confirmed cases and has had 3,296 total cases; Steele County reported three new lab-confirmed cases and has had 2,478 total cases; and Waseca County reported three new lab-confirmed cases and has had 1,714 total cases.

The state had a decrease in testing with 13,370 new tests completed, including 12,138 PCR tests and 1,232 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	985	23	1,008	32
Anoka	26,777	1,939	28,716	317
Becker	2,613	47	2,660	32
Beltrami	2,750	100	2,850	36
Benton	3,687	159	3,846	76
Big Stone	420	9	429	3
Blue Earth	4,948	27	4,975	28
Brown	1,946	40	1,986	30
Carlton	2,283	289	2,572	36
Carver	6,102	269	6,371	33
Cass	1,876	28	1,904	19
Chippewa	1,223	33	1,256	23
Chisago	3,908	186	4,094	27
Clay	6,055	68	6,123	77
Clearwater	631	16	647	13
Cook	103	0	103	0
Cottonwood	1,131	79	1,210	14
Crow Wing	4,413	61	4,474	59
Dakota	28,803	1,017	29,820	271
Dodge	1,144	4	1,148	4
Douglas	3,319	129	3,448	57
Faribault	884	4	888	9
Fillmore	1,062	14	1,076	0
Freeborn	1,924	10	1,934	17
Goodhue	2,951	28	2,979	40
Grant	375	3	378	7
Hennepin	82,955	2,399	85,354	1,360
Houston	1,107	49	1,156	12
Hubbard	1,366	18	1,384	37
Isanti	2,446	148	2,594	31
Itasca	2,625	31	2,656	33
Jackson	735	44	779	8
Kanabec	901	20	921	18
Kandiyohi	5,297	48	5,345	63
Kittson	304	36	340	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	1,893	19	1,912	15
Lincoln	438	7	445	1
Lyon	2,731	60	2,791	29
Mahnomen	389	1	390	7
Marshall	655	16	671	12
Martin	1,529	22	1,551	25
McLeod	3,006	37	3,043	39
Meeker	1,834	27	1,861	31
Mille Lacs	1,952	60	2,012	43
Morrison	2,774	107	2,881	40
Mower	3,253	43	3,296	24
Murray	711	35	746	5
Nicollet	2,007	36	2,043	30
Nobles	3,443	61	3,504	44
Norman	406	1	407	8
Olmsted	8,997	33	9,030	57
Otter Tail	4,012	141	4,153	49
Pennington	806	76	882	14
Pine	2,270	99	2,369	12
Pipestone	838	25	863	21
Polk	2,985	185	3,170	48
Pope	682	5	687	3
Ramsey	35,464	1,218	36,682	665
Red Lake	267	39	306	3
Redwood	1,273	28	1,301	26
Renville	1,233	50	1,283	38
Rice	5,381	70	5,451	52
Rock	953	58	1,011	10
Roseau	1,482	113	1,595	14
Scott	10,552	308	10,860	76
Sherburne	7,096	476	7,572	57
Sibley	971	27	998	5
St. Louis	11,833	491	12,324	195
Stearns	16,300	497	16,797	168
Steele	2,470	8	2,478	9
Stevens	659	6	665	6
Swift	762	22	784	14
Todd	2,200	15	2,215	26
Traverse	182	21	203	2
Wabasha	1,458	7	1,465	2
Wadena	1,075	36	1,111	12
Waseca	1,710	4	1,714	12
Washington	17,637	611	18,248	180
Watonwan	1,016	6	1,022	6
Wilkin	555	19	574	7
Winona	3,491	29	3,520	42
Wright	10,034	670	10,704	83
Yellow Medicine	807	49	856	14
Unknown/missing	421	21	442	1