Minnesota Adds 9 More COVID-19 Deaths Thursday
ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 9 additional deaths due to COVID-19 and 1,449 new cases statewide.
Sherburne County led the tri-county area with 41 new cases of the virus Thursday while Stearns County reported 34 and Benton County 9.
The death toll is now at 6,771.
A total of 502,893 Minnesotans have now contracted the virus and nearly 7.9-million tests have been completed in the last year.