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Freeborn County reported 18 new COVID-19 cases on Monday — its third day in a row with double digit increases in new cases.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the county has now had 776 total cases.

The Freeborn County Public Health Department stated the county now has 100 active cases, and five people are hospitalized.

The new cases included the following:

• Five people in their 20s

• One person in their 30s

• Two people in their 40s

• Four people in their 50s

• Two people in their 60s

• One person in their 70s

• One person in their 80s

• One person in their 90s

No information was available about the 18th person.

Faribault County reported six new cases and has had 273 cases; Mower County reported 24 new cases and has had 1,595 cases; Steele County reported 12 new cases and has now had 857 cases; and Waseca County reported five new cases and has had 965 total cases.

Statewide, there were 2,954 total cases, increasing the cumulative case total to 153,620. Of that number, 132,125 no longer need to be in isolation, according to the state health department.  State health officials said there are 748 hospitalizations, including 182 in intensive care.

The state reported nine new deaths in Aitkin, Benton, Carver, Clay, Goodhue, Hennepin, Pine and Ramsey counties. The people who died ranged in age from 55 to 99 years old, and five lived in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state has now had 2,484 cumulative deaths, of which 1,734 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The state reported 37,429 total tests were conducted Sunday, including 1,283 antigen tests and 36,146 PCR tests.

State Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said the state’s test positivity rate for data through Oct. 24 was 8.1%.

 

Percent of tests positive by county of residence

• Faribault County: 3.8%

• Freeborn County: 4.4%

• Mower County: 5.7%

• Steele County: 4.5%

• Waseca County: 4.8%

— Information from the Minnesota Department of Health as of Oct. 29. Information is updated weekly.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	242	2	244	4
Anoka	10,201	45	10,246	159
Becker	719	2	721	4
Beltrami	1,023	1	1,024	11
Benton	1,142	18	1,160	15
Big Stone	181	0	181	1
Blue Earth	2,219	0	2,219	7
Brown	404	0	404	3
Carlton	559	46	605	2
Carver	1,999	11	2,010	9
Cass	485	0	485	5
Chippewa	503	1	504	3
Chisago	1,351	5	1,356	2
Clay	2,712	0	2,712	46
Clearwater	163	0	163	1
Cook	25	0	25	0
Cottonwood	321	0	321	0
Crow Wing	1,330	1	1,331	22
Dakota	10,893	40	10,933	139
Dodge	443	0	443	0
Douglas	889	1	890	4
Faribault	272	1	273	0
Fillmore	311	1	312	0
Freeborn	776	0	776	5
Goodhue	756	1	757	12
Grant	113	0	113	5
Hennepin	37,395	118	37,513	1,004
Houston	262	0	262	2
Hubbard	517	1	518	5
Isanti	664	1	665	7
Itasca	878	0	878	17
Jackson	241	0	241	1
Kanabec	251	1	252	10
Kandiyohi	1,966	1	1,967	5
Kittson	70	0	70	0
Koochiching	185	0	185	5
Lac qui Parle	155	0	155	3
Lake	139	6	145	0
Lake of the Woods	51	2	53	1
Le Sueur	711	1	712	6
Lincoln	209	1	210	0
Lyon	1,082	2	1,084	6
Mahnomen	141	0	141	2
Marshall	193	0	193	1
Martin	655	0	655	18
McLeod	677	1	678	4
Meeker	391	0	391	3
Mille Lacs	506	4	510	20
Morrison	927	9	936	9
Mower	1,577	18	1,595	19
Murray	318	0	318	3
Nicollet	810	0	810	18
Nobles	2,448	2	2,450	19
Norman	151	0	151	0
Olmsted	3,685	1	3,686	30
Otter Tail	1,056	2	1,058	8
Pennington	237	1	238	2
Pine	623	3	626	1
Pipestone	393	0	393	17
Polk	991	19	1,010	5
Pope	184	0	184	0
Ramsey	15,429	118	15,547	384
Red Lake	91	1	92	2
Redwood	329	0	329	12
Renville	304	6	310	13
Rice	1,790	8	1,798	12
Rock	399	2	401	6
Roseau	374	31	405	0
Scott	3,908	10	3,918	37
Sherburne	2,052	12	2,064	24
Sibley	290	0	290	3
St. Louis	3,518	20	3,538	75
Stearns	6,719	59	6,778	53
Steele	857	0	857	4
Stevens	207	2	209	1
Swift	252	0	252	2
Todd	1,003	1	1,004	7
Traverse	63	0	63	0
Wabasha	454	0	454	1
Wadena	301	7	308	3
Waseca	965	0	965	10
Washington	7,071	21	7,092	75
Watonwan	596	0	596	4
Wilkin	154	0	154	4
Winona	1,433	0	1,433	19
Wright	3,039	11	3,050	16
Yellow Medicine	336	3	339	7
Unknown/missing	229	4	233	0