BROOKINGS – The state is reporting 41 new positive coronavirus cases and no new deaths Monday. 

The number of South Dakotans who have tested positive for COVID-19 rose to 5,034 as of midday Monday, up 41 from Sunday’s data, according to the South Dakota Department of Health.

Brookings County cases remain at 16 positive tests, and 15 of those people have recovered. There have been 786 negative tests in Brookings County as of Monday, the state reported.

Of the 5,034 statewide cases, 1,069 are classified as active (down by 25 from Sunday). So far, 3,903 people have recovered (66 new), 435 people have been hospitalized at some point (three new), 87 people are currently hospitalized (up by one), and 62 people have died.

There have been 40,627 total negative tests (1,492 new) in South Dakota. Of those, laboratories have reported 3,088 negative tests to the SDDOH that are not assigned to specific counties.

The county with the most positive tests in South Dakota is Minnehaha, with 3,355 as of midday Monday, up by six since Sunday. Increases in positive cases Sunday also include, but are not limited to, 14 in Beadle County, five in Oglala Lakota and eight in Pennington.

The actual number of infections in the state is thought to be far higher because many people have not been tested and studies suggest people can be infected without feeling sick.

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.

Learn more at www.covid.sd.gov.