33 new COVID-19 deaths, 712 new positive cases

(St. Paul, MN) – The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 33 new COVID-19 deaths, and 712 new positive cases of the virus.

The latest numbers bring Minnesota’s death toll to 1,148, with 26,980 lab-confirmed positive cases of the COVID-19.

New cases were confirmed in the following counties:

Blue Earth – 1
Brown – 1
Cottonwood – 3
Faribault – 2
Freeborn – 17
Lyon – 20
McLeod – 2
Martin – 3
Mower – 40
Murray – 1
Nobles – 13
Rice – 40
Sibley – 1
Steele – 3
Waseca – 2

Hospitalizations are decreasing.  On Monday, 549 people were hospitalized.  Friday, there were 478 people in the hospital, 220 in the intensive care unit.