COVID-19 News: state reports ninth Redwood County death

A person from Redwood County was one of 29 deaths in 15 counties reported by the Minnesota Department of Public Health Wednesday. The death in Redwood County involved a person over the age of 100. It was the ninth death in the county. Twelve deaths throughout the state involved someone from a private residence; eleven came from long-term care, and the residence type was unknown for six of the deaths.

It was also the seventh day in a row that Minnesota recorded over 1,000 infections in a single day, according to the data released by MDH.

Minnesota’s death toll now stands at 2,180, six of those deaths listed as “probable cause.”