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Freeborn County reported 22 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, increasing the county’s cumulative total to 1,673.

Of that number, 176 are considered active cases, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department. Twenty-nine people are hospitalized.

The health department stated the new cases included the following:

• Two people between 0 and 4

• Two people between 5 and 9

• Three people between 10 and 14

• One person between 15 and 19

• Four people in their 20s

• Three people in their 30s

• One person in their 40s

• Three people in their 50s

• Two people in their 60s

• One person in their 80s

The following are updates from other area counties:

• Faribault County: 23 new lab-confirmed cases; 644 total cases

• Mower County: 70 new lab-confirmed cases, one new probable case; 2,861 total cases

• Steele County: 41 new lab-confirmed cases, one new probable case; 2,191 total cases

• Waseca County: 12 new lab-confirmed cases; 1,463 total cases

Statewide, 6,337 new cases were reported, increasing the cumulative cases to 345,281. Of that number, about 44,000 are still considered active cases and about 1,700 are hospitalized, including 367 in intensive care, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Seventy-five new deaths were reported from 31 counties. Aside from one person in Ramsey County who was in their late 30s, the remainder of the people who died were in their late 50s or older.

Forty people lived in long-term care or assisted living facilities, and three lived in a group home or residential behavioral health facility.

Minnesota has now had 3,920 people who have died during the pandemic, of which about 66% resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state reported 52,822 new tests were completed, including 48,389 PCR tests and 4,433 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	815	14	829	30
Anoka	22,950	1,304	24,254	241
Becker	2,262	24	2,286	23
Beltrami	2,308	55	2,363	19
Benton	3,220	99	3,319	56
Big Stone	344	7	351	2
Blue Earth	4,406	9	4,415	17
Brown	1,593	26	1,619	15
Carlton	1,902	203	2,105	20
Carver	5,171	135	5,306	16
Cass	1,578	13	1,591	12
Chippewa	1,009	12	1,021	12
Chisago	3,309	122	3,431	17
Clay	5,369	36	5,405	62
Clearwater	566	8	574	10
Cook	84	0	84	0
Cottonwood	936	51	987	4
Crow Wing	3,924	40	3,964	40
Dakota	23,928	497	24,425	208
Dodge	966	1	967	1
Douglas	2,845	73	2,918	42
Faribault	643	1	644	3
Fillmore	792	6	798	0
Freeborn	1,665	8	1,673	7
Goodhue	2,322	10	2,332	34
Grant	310	1	311	6
Hennepin	71,009	1,357	72,366	1,161
Houston	804	29	833	4
Hubbard	1,210	15	1,225	29
Isanti	1,995	109	2,104	21
Itasca	2,162	16	2,178	25
Jackson	561	11	572	1
Kanabec	720	11	731	14
Kandiyohi	4,589	36	4,625	33
Kittson	238	29	267	9
Koochiching	436	7	443	6
Lac qui Parle	427	9	436	4
Lake	425	37	462	8
Lake of the Woods	109	5	114	1
Le Sueur	1,625	14	1,639	12
Lincoln	393	5	398	1
Lyon	2,377	21	2,398	14
Mahnomen	328	1	329	5
Marshall	546	14	560	10
Martin	1,291	10	1,301	22
McLeod	2,468	15	2,483	23
Meeker	1,531	17	1,548	12
Mille Lacs	1,661	43	1,704	34
Morrison	2,494	68	2,562	32
Mower	2,828	33	2,861	23
Murray	625	8	633	5
Nicollet	1,777	11	1,788	27
Nobles	3,178	32	3,210	34
Norman	378	1	379	8
Olmsted	7,328	12	7,340	37
Otter Tail	3,464	62	3,526	30
Pennington	702	63	765	9
Pine	1,466	57	1,523	8
Pipestone	768	13	781	18
Polk	2,650	143	2,793	30
Pope	592	1	593	2
Ramsey	29,645	789	30,434	535
Red Lake	225	23	248	3
Redwood	1,079	16	1,095	20
Renville	989	44	1,033	31
Rice	4,478	49	4,527	39
Rock	842	20	862	10
Roseau	1,256	108	1,364	7
Scott	9,132	142	9,274	63
Sherburne	6,045	334	6,379	48
Sibley	853	10	863	4
St. Louis	9,712	271	9,983	131
Stearns	14,536	380	14,916	130
Steele	2,184	7	2,191	8
Stevens	554	4	558	5
Swift	660	16	676	11
Todd	1,957	8	1,965	15
Traverse	161	0	161	2
Wabasha	1,163	4	1,167	1
Wadena	875	25	900	7
Waseca	1,460	3	1,463	11
Washington	14,923	384	15,307	127
Watonwan	923	2	925	4
Wilkin	447	2	449	5
Winona	3,027	20	3,047	32
Wright	8,413	436	8,849	50
Yellow Medicine	699	30	729	12
Unknown/missing	443	31	474	0