MARTIN COUNTY HAS 3 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,585. ACTIVE 60. NEWLY LISTED AS HOSPITALIZED O. TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 100. CASES BEYOND INFECTIOUS PERIOD 1,531. COVID RELATED DEATHS 25.

FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 16 NEW CASES. TOTAL CONFIRMED 968. ACTIVE 85. NEWLY LISTGED HOSPITALIZED 0. TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 73. CASES BEYOND INFECTIOUS PERIOD 881. COVID RELATED DEATHS 11.

WATONWAN COUNTY HAS NO NEW CASES. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,037. ACTIVE 10. CURRENTLY KNOWN HOSPITALIZED 10. TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 51. OUT OF ISOLATION 1,020. COVID RELATED DEATHS 7.

Minnesota Health Officials reported Thursday 2,004 new cases of the coronavirus and 44 more deaths.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 5,572 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 3,576 of those deaths have occurred in long term care facilities.

A total of 429,570 cases have been confirmed in Minnesota since the pandemic began in March of last year.  Of those, 408,510 people no longer need to self isolate.

The latest numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health show 5 more Iowans have died from COVID-19 and 1,930 new cases have been reported.

The number of new positive tests brings the total number of positive tests to 291,394.

The data shows there have been 4,065 total deaths from the coronavirus in the state so far.  Of those deaths, 1,139 were residents of long term care facilities.

As of Thursday morning, there were 613 hospitalized patients with the virus, an increase of 9 from the previous day.