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Benton, Stearns, Sherburne See Small Number of COVID Cases
ST. PAUL -- There were another 362 new COVID-19 cases and 17 new deaths reported Thursday.
The Minnesota Department of Health says statewide there are over 32,000 cases and 1,361 deaths, with 1,077 of those coming from long-term care facilities.
Stearns County added five new cases (2,126 cases and 19 deaths), Benton County recorded two new cases (200 cases and 3 deaths) and Sherburne County had one new case (272 cases and 4 deaths).
The MDH says there are 339 people hospitalized with the coronavirus, and 168 of them are in the ICU.
The state has completed over 475,000 COVID-19 tests.
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