BROOKINGS – The state is reporting 263 new COVID-19 cases and one new death in South Dakota Wednesday.
Five of the new cases are in Brookings County.
Brookings County cases have risen to 3,571 total cases (four new confirmed and one new probable): 3,476 of those people have recovered (12 new), with 59 active cases (down by seven) and 36 deaths (no change). A total of 11,689 people (41 new) have tested negative in Brookings County, and 124 people (no change) 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 Wednesday.
Brookings County remains in the “substantial” community spread category.
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Dakota rose to 111,808 (263 new – 183 confirmed plus 80 probable) as of midday Wednesday, according to the South Dakota Department of Health.
Of the statewide cases, 1,891 are classified as active (down by 47 from Tuesday). As of Wednesday, 108,053 people have recovered (308 new), 6,570 South Dakotans have been hospitalized at some point (22 new), 102 people are currently hospitalized (up by 11) for transmission-based precautions, and 1,864 people have died (one new).
The SDDOH website reports 308,019 people (778 new) have tested negative in South Dakota.
The new death is a woman in her 60s from Haakon County.
Increases in positive cases Wednesday include, but are not limited to, 11 in Beadle County, 12 in Brown, 17 in Codington, 10 in Lincoln, 52 in Minnehaha and 40 in Pennington.
The SDDOH website reported midday Wednesday that 191,874 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to 127,096 people in South Dakota.
In Brookings County, 4,898 vaccine doses have been administered to 3,283 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.
