PIERRE, S.D. – New cases of COVID-19 were up Wednesday as the Department of Health reported 66 new positive tests.
Pennington County reported 9 new cases, giving them a cumulative total of 475. Pennington’s active caseload is 146 – up four from yesterday.
Elsewhere in the Black Hills region, Lawrence County reported an additional case, giving them 17 cumulative and five active cases. Oglala Lakota County also reported a new case, sending their cumulative total to 60 with 21 active cases.
Statewide, the active caseload increased to 781 from Tuesday’s 773.
The number of people hospitalized is 81, down four from Tuesday.
The state also recorded one new death Wednesday. The new death was listed as a man in the age range 80+ in Minnehaha County. Minnehaha County has reported 55 COVID-19 deaths, while Pennington County is at 12.
A total of 1,091 tests were reported on Wednesday. There were 303 new tests announced on Monday and 657 announced on Tuesday.
