MARTIN COUNTY AND FARIBAULT COUNTY REPORT NO NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES THROUGH YESTERDAY.

WATONWAN COUNTY HAS 403 CONFIRMED CASES. 11 ACTIVE. 1 CURRENTLY KNOWN HOSPITALIZED. AND NOW 4 COVID RELATED DEATHS.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported on Tuesday 414 new confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, the total number of cases in Minnesota is 70,707.

There have been 8 additional death associated with COVID-19, putting the state’s death total at 1,779.  Deaths among cases that resided in long term care or assisted living facilities increased to 1,315.

As of 11am Tuesday there were 312 people hospitalized, with 137 in intensive care.

A total of 63,725 people have recovered statewide and no longer require isolation.

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s website shows 9 more Iowans have died from COVID-19 and 492 new cases of the virus have been diagnosed.

The number of positive tests reported is up to 57,076.  Of the people who have tested positive, 43,869are considered recovered.

The data shows there have been 1,048 total deaths from the coronavirus in the state so far.  Of thosedeaths, 562 were residents of long term care facilities.  There are currently outbreaks at 35 long term care facilities in Iowa.

As of Tuesday morning there were 295 hospitalized patients with the virus in the state, 82 of those patients were in intensive care with 35 of them on ventilators.