PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — The Oglala Sioux Tribe is locking down the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Friday, in response to a surging number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
The lockdown begins at 10 p.m. and lasts until 6 a.m. Oct. 30. During that time, all non-critical travel is barred.
The tribe said non-essential businesses should close to the public, and travel to non-essential work to or from the reservation should stop.
The lockdown comes as the state reported 9,862 active coronavirus cases on Friday and an all-time high of 1,132 new cases in one day. Oglala Lakota County, where Pine Ridge is located, reported 60 new COVID-19 cases Friday.
Nine new deaths were also reported Friday, bringing the statewide death toll from the virus to 356.
