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More than 6,000 people have now died from COVID-19 across Minnesota, according to health officials.

Thirty-two new deaths were reported Thursday from 23 counties, including one person between 70 and 74 from Steele County. The people who died ranged in age from late 50s to late 90s.

Fifteen resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities, one lived in a group home or residential behavioral health facility and one lived in a jail or prison.

The new deaths increased the cumulative deaths to 6,011 since the start of the pandemic, of which 3,825 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Statewide, there were 1,292 new cases reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 450,762. Of that number, about 17,000 are considered active and 558 are hospitalized, including 98 in intensive care.

Freeborn County reported 16 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, increasing the county’s cumulative case total to 2,495.

Of that total, 182 are considered active cases, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The new cases included the following:

• Two people in their 20s

• One person in their 20s

• One person in their 30s

• Three people in their 40s

• Two people in their 50s

• One person in their 60s

• Three people in their 80s

• Three people in their 90s

Faribault County had six new lab-confirmed cases; Mower County had 14 lab-confirmed and one probable case; Steele County had 11 new lab-confirmed cases; and Waseca County had six new lab-confirmed cases.

Across the state, 41,333 new tests were completed, including 35,588 PCR tests and 5,745 antigen tests.

 

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	1,058	27	1,085	33
Anoka	28,733	2,385	31,118	366
Becker	2,802	67	2,869	39
Beltrami	2,931	201	3,132	48
Benton	4,024	191	4,215	87
Big Stone	454	12	466	3
Blue Earth	5,397	51	5,448	33
Brown	2,111	47	2,158	34
Carlton	2,432	390	2,822	43
Carver	6,587	396	6,983	38
Cass	2,034	50	2,084	24
Chippewa	1,280	37	1,317	32
Chisago	4,297	253	4,550	36
Clay	6,435	111	6,546	81
Clearwater	656	30	686	14
Cook	114	1	115	0
Cottonwood	1,189	89	1,278	18
Crow Wing	4,780	88	4,868	77
Dakota	31,663	1,580	33,243	348
Dodge	1,350	12	1,362	4
Douglas	3,599	167	3,766	66
Faribault	1,066	8	1,074	16
Fillmore	1,237	16	1,253	5
Freeborn	2,474	21	2,495	23
Goodhue	3,466	46	3,512	59
Grant	425	4	429	8
Hennepin	90,028	3,483	93,511	1,486
Houston	1,341	49	1,390	14
Hubbard	1,454	45	1,499	38
Isanti	2,652	180	2,832	41
Itasca	2,816	43	2,859	43
Jackson	804	59	863	10
Kanabec	957	23	980	18
Kandiyohi	5,503	54	5,557	72
Kittson	335	37	372	20
Koochiching	588	11	599	10
Lac qui Parle	602	55	657	16
Lake	580	76	656	15
Lake of the Woods	188	7	195	1
Le Sueur	2,091	26	2,117	16
Lincoln	478	11	489	2
Lyon	2,948	85	3,033	38
Mahnomen	412	1	413	7
Marshall	686	17	703	15
Martin	1,675	38	1,713	26
McLeod	3,216	49	3,265	46
Meeker	1,977	29	2,006	33
Mille Lacs	2,065	82	2,147	45
Morrison	2,996	133	3,129	45
Mower	3,622	72	3,694	29
Murray	801	98	899	5
Nicollet	2,207	57	2,264	37
Nobles	3,638	86	3,724	46
Norman	420	4	424	8
Olmsted	10,551	69	10,620	75
Otter Tail	4,406	187	4,593	67
Pennington	916	87	1,003	15
Pine	2,524	154	2,678	14
Pipestone	917	38	955	23
Polk	3,096	204	3,300	59
Pope	732	10	742	5
Ramsey	38,651	1,569	40,220	742
Red Lake	276	42	318	4
Redwood	1,373	33	1,406	27
Renville	1,326	52	1,378	40
Rice	6,041	98	6,139	69
Rock	1,000	106	1,106	12
Roseau	1,548	113	1,661	17
Scott	11,558	477	12,035	97
Sherburne	7,688	551	8,239	66
Sibley	1,053	36	1,089	7
St. Louis	13,050	727	13,777	244
Stearns	17,335	622	17,957	188
Steele	2,745	13	2,758	10
Stevens	694	9	703	8
Swift	815	23	838	18
Todd	2,300	25	2,325	30
Traverse	210	45	255	3
Wabasha	1,717	12	1,729	3
Wadena	1,161	43	1,204	17
Waseca	1,892	15	1,907	16
Washington	19,432	850	20,282	231
Watonwan	1,059	8	1,067	8
Wilkin	594	35	629	9
Winona	3,883	36	3,919	48
Wright	10,811	877	11,688	106
Yellow Medicine	870	69	939	16
Unknown/missing	414	25	439	0