BROOKINGS – The state is reporting 181 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths in South Dakota Monday.
Thirteen of the new cases are in Brookings County.
Brookings County cases have risen to 3,201 total cases (four new confirmed and nine new probable): 2,931 of those people have recovered (seven new), with 239 active cases (up by six) and 31 deaths (no change). A total of 10,366 people (18 new) have tested negative in Brookings County, and 112 people (two new) in the county have been hospitalized at some point, the state reported.
There is one COVID-19 occupied hospital bed at the Brookings Hospital, the DOH website reported Monday.
Brookings County remains in the “substantial” community spread category.
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Dakota rose to 103,499 (181 new – 130 confirmed plus 51 probable) as of midday Monday, according to the South Dakota Department of Health.
Of the statewide cases, 5,102 are classified as active (up by 62 from Sunday). As of Monday, 96,812 people have recovered (119 new), 5,917 South Dakotans have been hospitalized at some point (13 new), 242 people are currently hospitalized (up by five), and 1,585 people have died (no change).
The SDDOH website reports 281,213 people (370 new) have tested negative in South Dakota.
Increases in positive cases Monday included, but are not limited to, 11 in Lincoln County, 48 in Minnehaha and 14 in Pennington.
The counties with the highest total case counts are Minnehaha (25,972), Pennington (11,811), Lincoln (7,089), Brown (4,666) and Codington (3,607).
The SDDOH website reported midday Sunday that 45,667 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to 38,360 people in South Dakota.
In Brookings County, 1,177 vaccine doses have been administered to 975 people.
The figures released by the state Department of Health do not include individuals who are asymptomatic or have symptoms of the coronavirus but are not being tested.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.
Learn more at www.covid.sd.gov.
