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Thirty-four new COVID-19 deaths were reported across Minnesota on Wednesday, including two people from Freeborn County.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, one person from the county was between 65 and 69 and the other was between 75 and 79.

The county has now had 23 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

The county also had 25 new lab-confirmed cases and one probable case, increasing the county’s cumulative cases to 2,479 since the start of the pandemic. Of that number, 183 are considered active, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The department stated the new cases included the following:

• One person between 0 and 4

• Two people between 5 and 9

• One person between 10 and 14

• Three people between 15 and 19

• Three people in their 20s

• Three people in their 30s

• Three people in their 50s

• Six people in their 60s

• One person in their 70s

• One person in their 80s

• Two people in their 90s

The state had 1,237 new cases reported and has now had 449,492 total cases since the start of the pandemic. Of that number, about 17,000 are still considered active and 570 are hospitalized, including 111 in intensive care as of Tuesday.

The deaths came from 20 counties across the state, ranging in age from 40s to late 90s. Twenty resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities, and one lived in a group home or residential behavioral health facility.

The state has now had 5,979 total deaths since the start of the pandemic, of which 3,810 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: eight new lab-confirmed cases; 1,067 total cases
• Mower County: 18 new lab-confirmed cases, five new probable cases; 3,678 total cases
• Steele County: 10 new lab-confirmed cases, one new probable case; 2,748 total cases
• Waseca County: eight new lab-confirmed cases; 1,901 total cases

The state reported 18,393 new tests were completed, including 14,745 PCR tests and 3,648 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	1,055	28	1,083	33
Anoka	28,691	2,370	31,061	365
Becker	2,796	66	2,862	39
Beltrami	2,914	196	3,110	48
Benton	4,019	191	4,210	86
Big Stone	449	11	460	3
Blue Earth	5,382	50	5,432	33
Brown	2,108	47	2,155	34
Carlton	2,426	383	2,809	43
Carver	6,575	389	6,964	36
Cass	2,027	50	2,077	23
Chippewa	1,279	37	1,316	32
Chisago	4,284	249	4,533	36
Clay	6,430	109	6,539	81
Clearwater	655	30	685	14
Cook	114	1	115	0
Cottonwood	1,188	89	1,277	18
Crow Wing	4,764	84	4,848	77
Dakota	31,597	1,562	33,159	344
Dodge	1,342	12	1,354	4
Douglas	3,592	165	3,757	66
Faribault	1,059	8	1,067	16
Fillmore	1,227	16	1,243	5
Freeborn	2,458	21	2,479	23
Goodhue	3,446	46	3,492	59
Grant	425	4	429	8
Hennepin	89,867	3,436	93,303	1,483
Houston	1,323	49	1,372	13
Hubbard	1,450	45	1,495	38
Isanti	2,650	179	2,829	41
Itasca	2,810	42	2,852	43
Jackson	801	59	860	10
Kanabec	957	23	980	18
Kandiyohi	5,494	54	5,548	71
Kittson	335	37	372	20
Koochiching	586	11	597	10
Lac qui Parle	602	55	657	16
Lake	579	70	649	15
Lake of the Woods	188	7	195	1
Le Sueur	2,082	25	2,107	15
Lincoln	476	11	487	1
Lyon	2,940	85	3,025	38
Mahnomen	409	1	410	7
Marshall	686	17	703	15
Martin	1,670	38	1,708	26
McLeod	3,208	49	3,257	45
Meeker	1,970	30	2,000	33
Mille Lacs	2,063	82	2,145	45
Morrison	2,988	133	3,121	45
Mower	3,607	71	3,678	29
Murray	796	97	893	5
Nicollet	2,198	56	2,254	36
Nobles	3,633	84	3,717	46
Norman	420	4	424	8
Olmsted	10,479	68	10,547	75
Otter Tail	4,392	187	4,579	67
Pennington	911	86	997	15
Pine	2,519	151	2,670	13
Pipestone	909	38	947	23
Polk	3,086	203	3,289	58
Pope	731	10	741	5
Ramsey	38,577	1,557	40,134	741
Red Lake	275	42	317	4
Redwood	1,366	32	1,398	27
Renville	1,323	52	1,375	40
Rice	6,011	96	6,107	69
Rock	998	105	1,103	12
Roseau	1,544	113	1,657	17
Scott	11,524	470	11,994	96
Sherburne	7,672	548	8,220	65
Sibley	1,050	35	1,085	7
St. Louis	13,011	719	13,730	242
Stearns	17,305	617	17,922	188
Steele	2,735	13	2,748	9
Stevens	692	9	701	8
Swift	812	23	835	18
Todd	2,297	25	2,322	30
Traverse	209	43	252	3
Wabasha	1,712	12	1,724	3
Wadena	1,158	43	1,201	17
Waseca	1,886	15	1,901	16
Washington	19,382	838	20,220	230
Watonwan	1,059	8	1,067	8
Wilkin	592	34	626	9
Winona	3,864	36	3,900	46
Wright	10,789	867	11,656	104
Yellow Medicine	868	69	937	15
Unknown/missing	410	26	436	0