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Minnesota reported 66 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, including one death in both Faribault and Mower counties.

The person who died in Faribault County was between 90 and 94, and the person who died from Mower County was between 80 and 84, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Deaths across the state came from 30 counties and included one person in their late 30s in Wright County and one person in their early 40s from Ramsey County. The remainder were between 50 and over 100 years old.

Of the new deaths, 43 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities and two lived in group homes or residential behavioral health facilities.

The state has now had 5,262 deaths since the start of the pandemic, including 3,394 who resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Minnesota had 2,019 new cases reported Tuesday, bringing the state’s cumulative case count to 413,107. Of that number less than 18,000 are considered active cases, and 926 people were hospitalized as of Tuesday, including 207 in intensive care.

After several days of lower new case numbers, Freeborn County saw a slight uptick Wednesday with 29 new lab-confirmed cases. The county has now had 1,969 total cases, of which 97 are considered active, according to the Freeborn Count Public Health Department.

The department reported two new people were hospitalized with the virus, and 96 people have been hospitalized at some point during their illness.

The new cases included the following:

• Two people between 5 and 9

• One person between 10 and 14

• One person between 15 and 9

• Six people in their 20s

• Four people in their 30s

• Four people in their 40s

• Five people in their 50s

• Five people in their 60s

• One person in their 70s

Faribault County reported 13 new lab-confirmed cases and has had 904 total cases; Mower County reported five new lab-confirmed cases and has had 3,304 total cases; Steele County reported 14 new lab-confirmed cases and has had 2,498 total cases; and Waseca County reported 29 new lab-confirmed cases and one probable case and has had 1,747 total cases.

The state reported the number of tests completed rose from Monday with 25,729 total tests completed, including 20,773 PCR tests and 4,956 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	998	22	1,020	32
Anoka	26,909	1,977	28,886	322
Becker	2,627	49	2,676	36
Beltrami	2,759	102	2,861	39
Benton	3,710	164	3,874	77
Big Stone	420	9	429	3
Blue Earth	4,995	31	5,026	28
Brown	1,959	41	2,000	32
Carlton	2,291	294	2,585	37
Carver	6,132	283	6,415	33
Cass	1,889	31	1,920	19
Chippewa	1,235	33	1,268	29
Chisago	3,938	189	4,127	27
Clay	6,074	69	6,143	78
Clearwater	636	17	653	13
Cook	104	0	104	0
Cottonwood	1,138	80	1,218	14
Crow Wing	4,429	62	4,491	60
Dakota	28,999	1,072	30,071	275
Dodge	1,154	5	1,159	4
Douglas	3,335	130	3,465	58
Faribault	900	4	904	11
Fillmore	1,084	14	1,098	1
Freeborn	1,959	10	1,969	17
Goodhue	2,991	32	3,023	41
Grant	383	3	386	7
Hennepin	83,352	2,526	85,878	1,370
Houston	1,124	47	1,171	12
Hubbard	1,368	18	1,386	37
Isanti	2,467	153	2,620	31
Itasca	2,645	39	2,684	36
Jackson	740	44	784	8
Kanabec	903	20	923	18
Kandiyohi	5,321	48	5,369	64
Kittson	305	36	341	18
Koochiching	531	11	542	8
Lac qui Parle	553	46	599	14
Lake	501	43	544	15
Lake of the Woods	146	5	151	1
Le Sueur	1,921	20	1,941	15
Lincoln	442	7	449	1
Lyon	2,756	59	2,815	29
Mahnomen	394	1	395	7
Marshall	655	16	671	12
Martin	1,540	24	1,564	25
McLeod	3,015	40	3,055	39
Meeker	1,840	27	1,867	31
Mille Lacs	1,962	61	2,023	43
Morrison	2,794	108	2,902	43
Mower	3,261	43	3,304	25
Murray	714	37	751	5
Nicollet	2,027	37	2,064	30
Nobles	3,462	61	3,523	45
Norman	406	2	408	8
Olmsted	9,169	36	9,205	59
Otter Tail	4,040	143	4,183	50
Pennington	824	76	900	14
Pine	2,352	102	2,454	12
Pipestone	840	26	866	21
Polk	3,000	189	3,189	49
Pope	684	5	689	4
Ramsey	35,656	1,262	36,918	680
Red Lake	268	39	307	4
Redwood	1,275	28	1,303	26
Renville	1,240	51	1,291	38
Rice	5,408	70	5,478	55
Rock	953	62	1,015	10
Roseau	1,485	113	1,598	14
Scott	10,625	322	10,947	80
Sherburne	7,127	489	7,616	57
Sibley	979	32	1,011	5
St. Louis	11,930	514	12,444	200
Stearns	16,373	508	16,881	171
Steele	2,490	8	2,498	9
Stevens	658	7	665	6
Swift	764	21	785	15
Todd	2,202	17	2,219	26
Traverse	182	24	206	2
Wabasha	1,476	8	1,484	2
Wadena	1,080	39	1,119	12
Waseca	1,742	5	1,747	12
Washington	17,751	628	18,379	187
Watonwan	1,017	6	1,023	7
Wilkin	563	20	583	7
Winona	3,513	31	3,544	43
Wright	10,093	689	10,782	88
Yellow Medicine	811	50	861	14
Unknown/missing	400	22	422	0