BROOKINGS – The state is reporting 79 new COVID-19 cases and one new death in South Dakota Monday.
Two of the new cases are in Brookings County, and the county has dropped to the “moderate” community spread category.
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BROOKINGS – The state is reporting 79 new COVID-19 cases and one new death in South Dakota Monday.
Two of the new cases are in Brookings County, and the county has dropped to the “moderate” community spread category.
Brookings County cases have risen to 4,207 total cases (one new confirmed and one new probable): 4,115 of those people have recovered (six new), with 55 active cases (down by four) and 37 deaths (no change). A total of 13,663 people have tested negative in Brookings County (26 new), and 154 people (no change) in the county have been hospitalized at some point, the state reported.
There are two COVID-19 occupied hospital beds at the Brookings Hospital, the SDDOH website reported Monday.
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Dakota rose to 123,310 (79 new – 64 confirmed plus 15 probable) as of midday Monday, according to the South Dakota Department of Health.
Of the statewide cases, 1,211 are classified as active (down by 40 from Friday). As of Monday, 120,118 people have recovered (116 new), 7,451 South Dakotans have been hospitalized at some point (16 new), 81 people are currently hospitalized (up by four) for transmission-based precautions, and 1,981 people have died (one new).
The SDDOH website reports 347,526 people (470 new) have tested negative in South Dakota.
The new death was a woman 80 years or older from Pennington County.
Increases in positive cases Monday include, but are not limited to, three in Brown County, one in Codington, six in Lincoln, 20 in Minnehaha and 22 in Pennington.
The SDDOH website reported midday Monday that 615,951 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to 334,193 people in South Dakota, as reported to the S.D. Immunization Information System.
Doses administered by Indian Health Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Department of Defense and Bureau of Prisons are not included in the state’s vaccine count.
In Brookings County, 23,708 vaccine doses have been administered to 13,568 people, the SDDOH website reports. As of Monday, 38.7% of the total county population has received at least one vaccine dose, and 48% of those 16 years and older in Brookings County have received at least one vaccine dose.
The SDDOT reports 55.6% of the state population age 16 and older has received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine from the state or federal allocation, and 49.3% of the state population has completed its vaccination series.
Learn more at www.covid.sd.gov.
