PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota health officials reported an uptick in the number of new COVID-19 cases Wednesday as 1,291 were reported.
Active cases increased by 769 to 14,857 and 47 new deaths were reported. The large number of deaths today sent the death toll to just below 1,000 at 995. The new deaths were 24 men and 23 women with the youngest death being reported in the 40-49 year age range.
The number of people hospitalized due to the virus decreased by 16 today to 531.
New cases across West River totaled 421.
Pennington County had the most new cases with 179. The total in Pennington rises to 8,912 and 1,722 remain active.
Both Lawrence and Meade County added 46 new cases each, sending the total in Lawrence to 2,097 and 1,809 in Meade. In Lawrence, 380 remain active and 355 remain active in Meade.
Butte County added 10 new cases Wednesday for a total of 740 with 109 remaining active.
Other new cases West River include 32 in Todd, 28 in Oglala Lakota, 18 in Custer, 13 in Dewey, 9 in Corson, 8 in Jackson, 6 in Tripp, 5 in Haakon, 4 in Lyman, 3 each in Stanley and Mellette, 2 each in Harding, Fall River, Perkins and Ziebach and one each in Jones, Gregory and Bennett.
There were 2,007 new persons tested reported on Tuesday. Tuesday’s new person tested positivity rate is 64%.
