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Minnesota reported 2,534 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday in the update from local and state health officials.

The data included counts from both Friday and Saturday because of the Christmas holiday.

The new cases bring the state’s cumulative case count to 409,061. Of that number, about 20,000 are still considered active cases and 1,048 people were hospitalized as of Wednesday, including 238 in intensive care.

Forty new deaths were reported from 20 counties, of which 27 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities. The people who died ranged in age from early 50s to late 90s.

The new deaths increase the state’s cumulative deaths to 5,147, of which 3,332 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Freeborn County reported eight new lab-confirmed cases, increasing its cumulative count to 1,924. Of that number, 72 are considered active cases and 92 people have been hospitalized at some point during their illness.

The new cases included one person between 15 and 19, one person in their 30s, three people in their 40s, two people in their 50s and one person in their 80s.

The following is an update from other area counties:

• Faribault County: 16 new lab-confirmed cases; 886 total cases

• Mower County: 14 new lab-confirmed cases, one new probable case; 3,293 total cases

• Steele County: six new lab-confirmed cases; 2,475 total cases

• Waseca County: 12 new lab-confirmed cases; 1,711 total cases

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	984	23	1,007	32
Anoka	26,728	1,907	28,635	317
Becker	2,607	47	2,654	32
Beltrami	2,742	97	2,839	36
Benton	3,679	157	3,836	75
Big Stone	419	9	428	3
Blue Earth	4,940	27	4,967	28
Brown	1,942	40	1,982	30
Carlton	2,280	286	2,566	35
Carver	6,091	268	6,359	33
Cass	1,870	28	1,898	19
Chippewa	1,221	33	1,254	23
Chisago	3,896	183	4,079	27
Clay	6,047	68	6,115	77
Clearwater	631	16	647	13
Cook	105	0	105	0
Cottonwood	1,131	79	1,210	14
Crow Wing	4,400	60	4,460	59
Dakota	28,723	1,004	29,727	269
Dodge	1,141	4	1,145	4
Douglas	3,307	127	3,434	57
Faribault	882	4	886	9
Fillmore	1,054	14	1,068	0
Freeborn	1,914	10	1,924	17
Goodhue	2,934	27	2,961	40
Grant	372	3	375	7
Hennepin	82,767	2,376	85,143	1,357
Houston	1,105	49	1,154	12
Hubbard	1,364	16	1,380	37
Isanti	2,431	148	2,579	30
Itasca	2,617	31	2,648	33
Jackson	734	43	777	8
Kanabec	900	20	920	18
Kandiyohi	5,296	48	5,344	63
Kittson	303	36	339	18
Koochiching	532	11	543	8
Lac qui Parle	547	44	591	14
Lake	493	43	536	15
Lake of the Woods	146	5	151	1
Le Sueur	1,889	19	1,908	15
Lincoln	438	7	445	1
Lyon	2,724	60	2,784	29
Mahnomen	389	1	390	7
Marshall	654	16	670	12
Martin	1,525	22	1,547	25
McLeod	2,996	37	3,033	39
Meeker	1,830	26	1,856	31
Mille Lacs	1,951	60	2,011	43
Morrison	2,767	107	2,874	40
Mower	3,250	43	3,293	24
Murray	710	34	744	5
Nicollet	2,006	36	2,042	30
Nobles	3,441	61	3,502	44
Norman	406	1	407	8
Olmsted	8,942	33	8,975	57
Otter Tail	4,007	141	4,148	49
Pennington	806	76	882	14
Pine	2,266	97	2,363	12
Pipestone	838	25	863	21
Polk	2,984	185	3,169	48
Pope	682	5	687	3
Ramsey	35,374	1,208	36,582	663
Red Lake	265	39	304	3
Redwood	1,273	28	1,301	26
Renville	1,231	50	1,281	38
Rice	5,365	70	5,435	52
Rock	953	58	1,011	10
Roseau	1,480	113	1,593	14
Scott	10,527	307	10,834	76
Sherburne	7,081	475	7,556	56
Sibley	970	27	997	5
St. Louis	11,774	480	12,254	193
Stearns	16,263	496	16,759	168
Steele	2,467	8	2,475	9
Stevens	659	6	665	6
Swift	761	22	783	14
Todd	2,198	15	2,213	26
Traverse	181	21	202	2
Wabasha	1,455	7	1,462	2
Wadena	1,071	35	1,106	12
Waseca	1,707	4	1,711	12
Washington	17,599	607	18,206	180
Watonwan	1,014	6	1,020	6
Wilkin	555	19	574	7
Winona	3,482	29	3,511	42
Wright	10,013	667	10,680	83
Yellow Medicine	805	48	853	14
Unknown/missing	414	20	434	1