Death in Nicollet County as Minnesota reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP/SMN) — Minnesota Department of Health officials reported 1,077 new cases of the coronavirus, increasing the total to 96,734 cases since the pandemic began.

Officials confirmed four additional deaths in the last day, including a person from Nicollet County who was between 85 and 89 years old. It’s the 17th death in Nicollet County; the state’s death toll stands at 2,008 people, including 1,445 residents of nursing homes or similar facilities.

The update shows that 50 patients were newly admitted to hospitals, compared with 52 on Saturday. There have been 7,493 people hospitalized since the start of the pandemic, including 2,095 people who have wound up in intensive care units.

Here’s where cases were reported Sunday in Southern Minnesota:

Blue Earth – 13
Brown – 4
Cottonwood – 2
Faribault – 1
Fillmore – 3
Freeborn – 2
Jackson – 2
Le Sueur – 5
Lyon – 18
Martin – 18
McLeod – 5
Mower – 8
Murray – 6
Nicollet – 2
Nobles – 4
Redwood – 3
Renville – 5
Rice – 8
Sibley – 3
Steele – 6
Waseca – 20
Watonwan – 2