BROOKINGS – The state is reporting 211 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths in South Dakota Sunday.
Seven of the new cases are in Brookings County.
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BROOKINGS – The state is reporting 211 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths in South Dakota Sunday.
Seven of the new cases are in Brookings County.
Brookings County cases have risen to 3,621 total cases (six new confirmed and one new probable): 3,520 of those people have recovered (five new), with 64 active cases (up by two) and 37 deaths (no change). A total of 12,004 people (19 new) have tested negative in Brookings County, and 128 people (one new) 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 Sunday.
Brookings County remains in the “moderate” community spread category.
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Dakota rose to 113,589 (211 new – 156 confirmed plus 55 probable) as of midday Sunday, according to the South Dakota Department of Health.
Of the statewide cases, 2,158 are classified as active (up by 49 from Saturday). As of Sunday, 109,531 people have recovered (160 new), 6,705 South Dakotans have been hospitalized at some point (13 new), 72 people are currently hospitalized (down by two) for transmission-based precautions, and 1,900 people have died (two new).
The SDDOH website reports 314,540 people (524 new) have tested negative in South Dakota.
The new deaths, one woman and one man, are being reported in Lake and Todd counties.
Increases in positive cases Sunday include, but are not limited to, eight in Brown County, five in Codington, 10 in Lake, 19 in Lincoln, 59 in Minnehaha, 14 in Pennington and 10 in Roberts.
The SDDOH website reported midday Sunday that 260,321 state-allocated doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to 168,737 people in South Dakota. Doses administered by Indian Health Services or federal entities are not included in the count.
In Brookings County, 7,492 vaccine doses have been administered to 5,092 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.
