ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Department of Health has confirmed 769 new cases and 8 more deaths Saturday.

Wright County had 16 new cases, Stearns County added 11, Sherburne County added 10, Mille Lacs County added 8, Benton County added 3, and Morrison County had 2 new cases.

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There have been nearly 56,000 people test positive for the coronavirus since January.

There are 302 people hospitalized with the virus, with 149 in the ICU.

The state has tested over 1-million people for COVID-19.

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