Freeborn County Health reported 25 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. This is the highest one-day new case total since the beginning of the pandemic. The additional cases brought the county’s total to 490. There are 58 active cases in the county with one person hospitalized. Waseca County had 11 new cases, eight were reported in Steele County, four in Mower County, and one new case in Faribault County. Across the state 931 new cases of the disease were reported.