Today’s (April 24) information from the South Dakota Department of Health shows a resident of Stanley County testing positive for COVID-19. It’s the first case in that county.
The Health Department also reported the death of a Jerauld County resident making a total of 10 deaths in South Dakota related to COVID-19.
Hughes County has had 7 positive cases since the pandemic began, six cases are considered recovered. No other counties in the central part of the state show an increase in case numbers.
To date, in South Dakota there have been:
- positive tests– 2040
- negative tests– 12,784
- recovered– 1190
- currently hospitalized– 61
- ever hospitalized– 124
- deaths– 10
To date, 827 Smithfield Foods processing plant employees in Sioux Falls and 206 close contacts have tested positive.
Find updated information at covid.sd.gov.
Central SD positive COVID-19 cases:
Brule–
Buffalo–
Campbell–
Corson– 1
Dewey–
Edmunds–
Faulk– 1
Gregory–
Haakon–
Hand–
Hughes– 7
Hyde– 1
Jones–
Lyman– 2
McPherson–
Mellette–
Potter–
Stanley– 1
Sully– 1
Todd– 1
Tripp–
Walworth– 5
Ziebach–
