For the second day in a row (May 1), information from the South Dakota Department of Health shows four new deaths attributed to COVID-19, bringing the state total to 21. And again, all four were residents of Minnehaha County.
The information also shows one new positive test in both Hughes and Stanley counties. Hughes County has had a total of nine cases with eight having recovered. Stanley County has eight cases. One has recovered. Todd and Dewey counties in central South Dakota each reported 1 new positive.
There was also no change in numbers of positive cases related to the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls for the second day in a row. Those numbers remain 853 employees and 245 close contacts.
To date, in South Dakota:
- currently active cases– 818
- currently hospitalized– 69
- recovered– 1686
- total positive tests– 2525 (2242 in Minnehaha and Lincoln counties)
- total negative tests– 14,838
- ever hospitalized– 179
- deaths– 21
The South Dakota Department of Health provides COVID-19 case data broken down by age, sex, race/ethnicity and county of residence on the covid.sd.gov website.
Central SD positive COVID-19 cases:
Brule–
Buffalo– 1
Campbell–
Corson– 1
Dewey– 1
Edmunds–
Faulk– 1
Gregory–
Haakon–
Hand– 1
Hughes– 9 (up 1. 8 recovered)
Hyde– 1
Jones–
Lyman– 3
McPherson– 1
Mellette–
Potter–
Stanley– 8 (up 1. 1 recovered)
Sully– 1
Todd– 2
Tripp–
Walworth– 5
Ziebach–
