HUMAN SERVICES OF MARTIN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES REPORT 10 new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Martin County: 4 new cases, none currently listed as hospitalized.

Three prior currently listed as hospitalized.

Total confirmed cases 654. Active 43. Covid related deaths 18. Recovered 593.

Faribault County: 6 new cases including a 5 month old none currently hospitalized.

Three prior cases currently listed as hospitalized.

Total confirmed cases 274. Active 40. 234 recovered.

Watonwan County has 596 total confirmed cases. 14 active. 1 currently known hospitalized. 4 Covid related deaths. 578 recovered.

Minnesota Health Officials have reported 2,954 new coronavirus cases and nine more deaths.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, so far, 2,484 people have died because of the virus, a total of 1,734 of those deaths have occurred in long term care facilities.

A total of 153,620 cases have been confirmed in the state since the pandemic began in March.  Of those 132,125 people no longer need to self-isolate.

The latest numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health show 17 more Iowans have died from COVID-19 and 1,469 new cases have been reported.

The number of new positive tests reported brings the total number of positive tests to 131,713.  Of th people who have tested positive, 93,813 are considered to be recovered.

The data shows there have been 1,733 total deaths from the coronavirus in the state so far.  Of those deaths 847 were residents of long term care facilities.

There are 718 hospitalized patients with the virus in Iowa, an increase of 42 from Sunday.  Of the hospitalized patients, 156 are in intensive care with 57 of them on ventilators.