BROOKINGS – The state is reporting 149 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths in South Dakota Saturday.
Five of the new cases are in Brookings County.
Brookings County cases have risen to 3,614 total cases (five new confirmed): 3,515 of those people have recovered (six new), with 62 active cases (down by one) and 37 deaths (no change). A total of 11,985 people (50 new) have tested negative in Brookings County, and 127 people (no change) in the county have been hospitalized at some point, the state reported.
There are no COVID-19 occupied hospital beds at the Brookings Hospital, the DOH website reported Saturday.
Brookings County remains in the “moderate” community spread category.
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Dakota rose to 113,378 (149 new – 120 confirmed plus 29 probable) as of midday Saturday, according to the South Dakota Department of Health.
Of the statewide cases, 2,109 are classified as active (up by 13 from Friday). As of Saturday, 109,371 people have recovered (134 new), 6,692 South Dakotans have been hospitalized at some point (11 new), 74 people are currently hospitalized (no change) for transmission-based precautions, and 1,898 people have died (two new).
The SDDOH website reports 314,016 people (756 new) have tested negative in South Dakota.
The new deaths, both women 80 years or older, are being reported in Gregory and Hutchinson counties.
Increases in positive cases Saturday include, but are not limited to, six in Brown County, six in Codington, 20 in Lincoln, 47 in Minnehaha and six in Pennington.
The SDDOH website reported midday Saturday that 255,025 state-allocated doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to 165,425 people in South Dakota. Doses administered by Indian Health Services or federal entities are not included in the count.
In Brookings County, 7,382 vaccine doses have been administered to 5,077 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.
