Weekly COVID-19 Report – A dozen new deaths along with 842 new cases

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota health officials reported 842 new COVID-19 cases this week. That includes both confirmed and probable cases of the virus. Active cases total 566 this week.

There were 36 new hospitalizations reported and a total of 66 people hospitalized across the state.

A dozen new deaths were reported, sending the state’s death toll to 3,033. Three of those deaths were listed out of Pennington County.

As of October 5, the DOH has updated its COVID-19 dashboard. The information on community spread is no longer available on the South Dakota DOH page; instead, users are directed to the CDC tracker.

Pennington County had 87 new cases being shown, with Lawrence County adding 18 and Meade County showing 27.

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