PIERRE, SD – South Dakota posted 313 new cases of COVID-19 in its Thursday report. There are currently 5,393 active cases. The state’s total case count was 154,086, up from Wednesday (153,774).
Current hospitalizations are at 204, up from Wednesday (199). Total hospitalizations are at 7,814, up from Wednesday (7,801).
Total recovered cases are now at 146,459, up from Wednesday (146,079). The latest seven-day PCR test positivity rate for the state is 13.1% for October 20–26.
Three more people have died from COVID. The new deaths include one woman and two men, all in the 80+ age group. South Dakota has now lost 2,234 people to the virus.
Pennington County had 74 new cases on Thursday. With the addition of one new death, Pennington’s total number of deaths from COVID is 249.
Butte County reported 7 new cases, Custer County had 9 new cases, Fall River had 6 new cases, Lawrence County had 14 new cases, Lyman County reported 7 new cases, Meade County had 11 new cases, Oglala Lakota had 2 new cases, and Todd County reported 4 new cases.
