BROOKINGS – The state on Wednesday reported 1,438 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths in South Dakota in the past week.
Forty-seven of the new cases have been reported in Brookings County.
The data does not include at-home test results.
Brookings County cases have increased to 8,687 total cases (47 new confirmed and probable): 8,484 of those people have recovered (36 new) with 145 active cases (up by 11) and 58 deaths (no change). A total of 234 people in the county have been hospitalized at some point, the state reported.
The Brookings hospital has one COVID-19 occupied hospital bed, according to the South Dakota Department of Health website. The county is in the “high” community spread category.
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Dakota rose to 254,670 (1,438 new confirmed and probable) as of midday Wednesday, according to the SDDOH.
Of the statewide cases, 4,210 are classified as active (down by 98 from last Wednesday). As of this Wednesday, 247,481 people have recovered (1,530 new), 11,456 South Dakotans have been hospitalized at some point (65 new), 94 people are currently hospitalized (down by eight) for transmission-based precautions, and 2,979 people with COVID have died (six new).
The new deaths, two men and four women, are being reported in Bon Homme, Hughes, Lawrence, Minnehaha and Pennington (2) counties. The age ranges of the deceased are one 50-59 years, one 70-79 years and four 80 years or older.
The SDDOH website reported midday Wednesday that 1,287,706 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to 532,592 people in South Dakota, as reported to the S.D. Immunization Information System.
In Brookings County, 50,405 vaccine doses have been administered to 20,731 people, the SDDOH website reports.
The SDDOH reports 75% of the state population age 5 and older has received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine from the state or federal allocation, 60% have completed their vaccination series, and 34% have received a booster dose.
Learn more at https://doh.sd.gov/COVID/Dashboard.aspx.
