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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations of residents in Freeborn County continued to rise Thursday as cases statewide reached a new high.

Nineteen new lab-confirmed cases were reported in the county, increasing the county’s cumulative total to 944. Of that number, 147 are active cases, and nine people are presently hospitalized, an increase of three from the previous day. Fifty-nine people have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The new cases included the following:

• One person between 10 and 14

• One person between 15 and 19

• One person in their 20s

• Four people in their 30s

• Three people in their 40s

• Two people in their 50s

• Four people in their 60s

• Three people in their 70s

The Minnesota Department of Health reported Thursday the county’s positivity rate was 5%.

Across the state, 7,228 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s total count to 201,795. Of that number, more than 42,000 are still active cases, and about 1,300 are hospitalized.

The state reported 39 new deaths in 26 counties, including a person in their late 30s in Stearns County and one in their early 40s in Dakota County. The remainder were 60 or older.

Twenty-three resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities, one lived in a group home or residential behavioral health facility and one person was homeless. The remainder lived in private residences.

The state has now had 2,793 deaths, of which 1,921 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

The following is an update on other area counties:

• Faribault County: five cases, 334 total cases

• Mower County: nine cases, 1,713 total cases

• Steele County: 25 cases, 1,056 total cases

• Waseca County: nine cases, 1,026 total cases

The Minnesota Department of Health reported 48,513 new tests were completed, including 42,722 PCR tests and 5,791 antigen tests.

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	393	3	396	9
Anoka	14,009	354	14,363	185
Becker	1,116	5	1,121	4
Beltrami	1,396	2	1,398	13
Benton	1,767	38	1,805	26
Big Stone	217	1	218	1
Blue Earth	2,750	1	2,751	8
Brown	667	1	668	5
Carlton	922	91	1,013	8
Carver	2,603	23	2,626	9
Cass	792	2	794	8
Chippewa	608	2	610	6
Chisago	1,978	37	2,015	2
Clay	3,480	10	3,490	48
Clearwater	272	0	272	2
Cook	38	0	38	0
Cottonwood	432	0	432	0
Crow Wing	2,098	2	2,100	23
Dakota	13,984	130	14,114	156
Dodge	519	0	519	0
Douglas	1,414	7	1,421	14
Faribault	334	0	334	0
Fillmore	391	1	392	0
Freeborn	944	0	944	5
Goodhue	1,035	2	1,037	18
Grant	152	0	152	5
Hennepin	46,268	287	46,555	1,033
Houston	412	0	412	2
Hubbard	700	2	702	12
Isanti	1,053	27	1,080	10
Itasca	1,222	0	1,222	18
Jackson	295	1	296	1
Kanabec	378	2	380	11
Kandiyohi	2,418	4	2,422	8
Kittson	115	3	118	1
Koochiching	237	1	238	5
Lac qui Parle	209	0	209	3
Lake	196	7	203	0
Lake of the Woods	61	4	65	1
Le Sueur	903	1	904	7
Lincoln	241	1	242	1
Lyon	1,399	2	1,401	6
Mahnomen	167	0	167	3
Marshall	279	2	281	5
Martin	749	0	749	19
McLeod	1,078	2	1,080	5
Meeker	623	2	625	5
Mille Lacs	924	10	934	22
Morrison	1,247	12	1,259	14
Mower	1,696	17	1,713	21
Murray	388	0	388	3
Nicollet	1,027	0	1,027	20
Nobles	2,690	2	2,692	24
Norman	232	0	232	5
Olmsted	4,394	1	4,395	30
Otter Tail	1,628	3	1,631	11
Pennington	328	3	331	2
Pine	821	17	838	4
Pipestone	485	0	485	17
Polk	1,510	49	1,559	15
Pope	302	0	302	0
Ramsey	19,251	284	19,535	423
Red Lake	124	2	126	3
Redwood	452	2	454	14
Renville	426	7	433	14
Rice	2,397	14	2,411	20
Rock	460	3	463	9
Roseau	539	86	625	1
Scott	5,154	24	5,178	47
Sherburne	3,405	56	3,461	30
Sibley	395	0	395	3
St. Louis	4,995	41	5,036	79
Stearns	8,862	165	9,027	68
Steele	1,055	1	1,056	5
Stevens	286	2	288	1
Swift	352	0	352	3
Todd	1,293	2	1,295	10
Traverse	87	0	87	0
Wabasha	585	2	587	2
Wadena	464	8	472	6
Waseca	1,026	0	1,026	10
Washington	9,282	113	9,395	84
Watonwan	635	0	635	4
Wilkin	227	0	227	4
Winona	1,881	1	1,882	21
Wright	4,396	42	4,438	25
Yellow Medicine	420	4	424	8
Unknown/missing	322	5	327	0