PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota health officials listed two new deaths and 209 new cases of COVID-19 in their Friday report.
One of the two new deaths was out of Pennington County, where the death toll rose to 182. Statewide, the death toll is now 1,831.
Of the 209 new cases, 53 were considered probable.
Active cases dropped by 29 Friday to 2,180 and the number of people hospitalized tumbled from 104 Thursday to 84 Friday.
Across the Black Hills area, there were 33 confirmed cases with no probable cases listed.
Pennington County had 21 of the new cases, Meade County had 7 and Lawrence County had 5.
There were 871 new persons tested reported on Friday. Friday’s new person tested positivity rate is 23%.
