Only 19% of staffed adult ICU beds in South Dakota currently available to treat all patients

Today’s (Nov. 25, 2020) update from the state Department of Health shows 992 new confirmed cases and 291 new probable cases of coronavirus in the state since yesterday. There have now been 849 deaths.

In South Dakota:

• currently active cases– 15,312

• currently hospitalized– 570

• total confirmed cases– 71,170

• total probable cases– 4972

• recovered cases– 59,981

• total deaths– 849

Coronavirus patients currently occupy 20.7% of the staffed hospital beds in the state. Other patients are using 43.9% of the staffed beds leaving 35.4% available. Of the staffed adult intensive care unit beds in the state, COVID-19 patients are using 47.6%, other patients occupy 33.5% and 18.9% are available to be used.

Number of COVID-19 patients in central SD hospitals as of 6pm Nov. 24, 2020:

• Avera Gettysburg— 2

• Avera Gregory– 8

• Avera Hand County Memorial– 3

• Avera St. Mary’s Pierre– 17; 5 in ICU; 3 using ventilation

• Bowdle Healthcare Center– 1

• Cheyenne River Health Center– 9

• Eureka Community Health Services– 2

• Mobridge Regional Hospital– 1

• Platte Health Center– 3

• Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center– 2

• Winner Regional Healthcare Center– 4

The South Dakota Department of Health provides COVID-19 case data broken down by age, sex, race/ethnicity and county of residence at covid.sd.gov. There’s also a COVID Age Risk Calculator and a Quarantine and Isolation Calculator.

Central SD positive COVID-19 cases:

• Brule–542 (437 recovered; 5 deaths)

• Buffalo– 369 (319 recovered; 6 deaths)

• Campbell–103 (90 recovered; 1 death)

• Corson–361 (301 recovered; 4 deaths)

• Dewey–807 (495 recovered; 3 deaths)

• Edmunds–232 (194 recovered; 2 deaths)

• Faulk–275 (242 recovered; 8 deaths)

• Gregory–428 (325 recovered; 18 deaths)

• Haakon–139 (114 recovered; 3 deaths)

• Hand–277 (207 recovered; 1 death)

• Hughes–1585 (1242 recovered; 17 deaths)

• Hyde–116 (82 recovered)

• Jones–59 (44 recovered)

• Lyman–440 (345 recovered; 8 deaths)

• McPherson–140 (97 recovered; 1 death)

• Mellette–161 (131 recovered; 1 death)

• Potter–256 (192 recovered; 1 death)

• Stanley–220 (154 recovered)

• Sully–89 (66 recovered; 3 deaths)

• Todd– 876 (674 recovered; 12 deaths)

• Tripp–485 (366 recovered; 2 deaths)

• Walworth–455 (332 recovered; 11 deaths)

• Ziebach–171 (119 recovered; 7 deaths)

A confirmed case of COVID-19 is defined as persons with a positive RT-PCR test. A probable case is defined as persons with a positive antigen test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.