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Freeborn County reported an additional 39 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, according to the daily update from local and state health officials.

The new cases increase the county’s cumulative cases to 2,152, of which 190 are considered active cases. Three new people were reported hospitalized in the last day, increasing the total hospitalized during the pandemic from COVID-19 to 107. 

The Freeborn County Public Health Department reported the new cases included the following:

• One person between 5 and 9

• Two people between 10 and 14

• Three people between 15 and 19

• Nine people in their 20s

• Three people in their 30s

• Eight people in their 40s

• Seven people in their 50s

• Three people in their 60s

• One person in their 80s

• Two people in their 90s

The state reported 2,004 new cases, increasing its cumulative total to 429,570. Of that number about 21,000 cases are still considered active and 787 people are hospitalized, including 135 in intensive care, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

The state had 44 new deaths from 20 counties, including 23 people who resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities and one person in a hotel or motel.

The people who died ranged in age from late 40s to over 100.

The state has now had 5,572 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, of which 3,576 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The following are updates on other area counties:

• Faribault: 16 new lab-confirmed cases; 981 total cases

• Mower County: 17 new lab-confirmed cases, one probable case; 3,417 total cases

• Steele County: 11 new lab-confirmed cases; 2,564 total cases

• Waseca County: 12 new lab-confirmed cases, one probable case; 1,825 total cases

The state reported 42,049 total tests were completed Wednesday, including 35,162 PCR tests and 6,887 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	1,015	25	1,040	33
Anoka	27,767	2,155	29,922	339
Becker	2,692	55	2,747	37
Beltrami	2,825	150	2,975	44
Benton	3,860	179	4,039	83
Big Stone	440	9	449	3
Blue Earth	5,151	41	5,192	32
Brown	2,021	43	2,064	33
Carlton	2,360	343	2,703	38
Carver	6,339	334	6,673	34
Cass	1,941	42	1,983	20
Chippewa	1,263	35	1,298	31
Chisago	4,126	225	4,351	28
Clay	6,241	79	6,320	78
Clearwater	646	26	672	14
Cook	109	0	109	0
Cottonwood	1,152	82	1,234	16
Crow Wing	4,564	68	4,632	68
Dakota	30,217	1,321	31,538	291
Dodge	1,240	5	1,245	4
Douglas	3,464	142	3,606	64
Faribault	973	8	981	11
Fillmore	1,143	15	1,158	2
Freeborn	2,140	12	2,152	18
Goodhue	3,210	39	3,249	50
Grant	409	3	412	7
Hennepin	86,206	2,969	89,175	1,426
Houston	1,209	48	1,257	13
Hubbard	1,398	30	1,428	37
Isanti	2,573	167	2,740	35
Itasca	2,710	40	2,750	41
Jackson	766	51	817	9
Kanabec	927	21	948	18
Kandiyohi	5,405	51	5,456	67
Kittson	308	36	344	18
Koochiching	552	11	563	9
Lac qui Parle	586	53	639	15
Lake	527	49	576	15
Lake of the Woods	155	5	160	1
Le Sueur	1,987	23	2,010	15
Lincoln	460	8	468	1
Lyon	2,848	73	2,921	29
Mahnomen	398	1	399	7
Marshall	672	17	689	15
Martin	1,589	31	1,620	25
McLeod	3,094	49	3,143	41
Meeker	1,894	27	1,921	33
Mille Lacs	2,017	75	2,092	45
Morrison	2,898	124	3,022	43
Mower	3,371	46	3,417	26
Murray	745	67	812	5
Nicollet	2,100	50	2,150	35
Nobles	3,507	69	3,576	46
Norman	412	3	415	8
Olmsted	9,808	46	9,854	65
Otter Tail	4,179	160	4,339	54
Pennington	842	77	919	14
Pine	2,439	125	2,564	12
Pipestone	867	31	898	22
Polk	3,037	196	3,233	52
Pope	700	7	707	5
Ramsey	36,973	1,379	38,352	710
Red Lake	272	42	314	4
Redwood	1,308	28	1,336	27
Renville	1,289	51	1,340	39
Rice	5,644	80	5,724	60
Rock	970	80	1,050	10
Roseau	1,517	114	1,631	15
Scott	11,043	381	11,424	88
Sherburne	7,416	511	7,927	61
Sibley	1,018	34	1,052	5
St. Louis	12,472	593	13,065	225
Stearns	16,835	549	17,384	177
Steele	2,555	9	2,564	9
Stevens	673	8	681	8
Swift	791	22	813	17
Todd	2,249	22	2,271	29
Traverse	194	31	225	2
Wabasha	1,580	12	1,592	2
Wadena	1,113	42	1,155	12
Waseca	1,816	9	1,825	16
Washington	18,482	717	19,199	207
Watonwan	1,030	7	1,037	7
Wilkin	577	22	599	9
Winona	3,675	36	3,711	45
Wright	10,408	776	11,184	94
Yellow Medicine	843	63	906	14
Unknown/missing	416	27	443	0