BROOKINGS – Brookings County now has two confirmed cases of COVID-19, and both people have recovered, according to the South Dakota Department of Health. The state is also reporting its second death from coronavirus.

Health officials say there is a total of 129 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in the state, as of midday Wednesday. That’s an increase of 21 from Tuesday.

Of those 129 total cases, 12 have been hospitalized at some point, two people have died, and 51 have recovered. There have been 3,903 negative tests in South Dakota.

The family of Mari Hofer, a 51-year-old from Huron, said that she died suddenly on Saturday. Her husband, Quint Hofer, told The Associated Press he received the positive results of a COVID-19 test on Tuesday. Her death is the second death from the coronavirus in South Dakota. The first was a man in his 60s who died March 9.

The second case reported for Brookings County was previously listed as Kingsbury County but has been corrected to Brookings County. It was first listed Tuesday, but the “recovered” determination can come quickly based on when symptoms started and when the person seeks care and gets tested.

State Epidemiologist Dr. Joshua Clayton says a person is considered recovered when it’s been at least seven days after their onset of symptoms; they’ve had no fever for at least three days; and other symptoms, such as cough, have improved.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. Older adults and people with existing health problems are among those particularly susceptible to more severe illness, including pneumonia.

Learn more at covid.sd.gov.