New cases of COVID-19 continue to increase. There were two new confirmed cases reported in Freeborn County on Tuesday bringing the county’s total number of cases to 403. Freeborn County has 14 active cases but none of them are hospitalized. On Tuesday, Mower County reported six new cases, Steele County had three, and Waseca County had five new cases. Across the state, there were 502 new cases reported, while the number of hospitalized cases in Minnesota dipped below 300, down to 294.