BROOKINGS – The state is reporting 202 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths in South Dakota Tuesday.
Six of the new cases are in Brookings County.
Brookings County cases have risen to 3,375 total cases (five new confirmed and one new probable): 3,181 of those people have recovered (24 new), with 161 active cases (down by 18) and 33 deaths (no change). A total of 10,771 people (18 new) have tested negative in Brookings County, and 117 people (one 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 Tuesday.
Brookings County remains in the “substantial” community spread category.
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Dakota rose to 107,380 (202 new – 155 confirmed plus 47 probable) as of midday Tuesday, according to the South Dakota Department of Health.
Of the statewide cases, 3,428 are classified as active (down by 250 from Monday). As of Tuesday, 102,247 people have recovered (450 new), 6,216 South Dakotans have been hospitalized at some point (15 new), 152 people are currently hospitalized (down by nine) for transmission-based precautions, and 1,705 people have died (no change).
The SDDOH website reports 290,810 people (469 new) have tested negative in South Dakota.
Increases in positive cases Tuesday include, but are not limited to, 14 in Brown County, 20 in Lincoln, 48 in Minnehaha and 23 in Pennington.
The counties with the highest total case counts are Minnehaha (26,823), Pennington (12,271), Lincoln (7,389), Brown (4,860) and Codington (3,717).
The SDDOH website reported midday Tuesday that 78,228 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to 59,360 people in South Dakota.
In Brookings County, 2,012 vaccine doses have been administered to 1,646 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.
