PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reported 72 new positive tests for COVID-19 Saturday.
Pennington County saw an increase of 6 new cases, bringing their cumulative total to 49. Oglala Lakota County also reported three new cases, giving them a cumulative total of 9. There are currently 34 active cases in Pennington and 8 active cases in Oglala Lakota.
The number of active cases statewide went down, 1,242 today. The number of hospitalizations is down as well to 75. That is down 5 from Friday.
There were no new deaths reported today as the number of COVID-19 related deaths remained at 44.
