South Dakota reaches 1110 COVID-19 related deaths; 447 new confirmed cases since yesterday

Today’s (Dec. 7, 2020) update from the state Department of Health shows 447 new confirmed cases and 62 new probable cases of coronavirus in the state since yesterday.

In South Dakota:

• currently active cases– 16,814

• currently hospitalized– 503

• total confirmed cases– 79,994

• total probable cases– 6506

• recovered cases– 68,576

• total deaths– 1110

Coronavirus patients currently occupy 18.1% of the staffed hospital beds in the state. Other patients are using 41.8% of the staffed beds leaving 40% available. Of the staffed intensive care unit beds in the state, COVID-19 patients are using 43.2%, other patients occupy 28.2% and 28.6% are available to be used.

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

• Avera Gettysburg— 1

• Avera Gregory– 1

• Avera Hand County Memorial– 1

• Avera St. Mary’s Pierre– 10; 4 in ICU; 0 using ventilation

• Bowdle Healthcare Center– 2

• Cheyenne River Health Center– 5

• Eureka Community Health Services– 0

• Mobridge Regional Hospital– 2

• Platte Health Center– 1

• Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center– 2

• Winner Regional Healthcare Center– 7

Central SD positive COVID-19 cases:

• Brule–594 (507 recovered; 5 deaths)

• Buffalo– 391 (349 recovered; 10 deaths)

• Campbell–107 (94 recovered; 1 death)

• Corson–422 (358 recovered; 5 deaths)

• Dewey–1096 (617 recovered; 6 deaths)

• Edmunds–277 (220 recovered; 3 deaths)

• Faulk–289 (253 recovered; 10 deaths)

• Gregory–453 (367 recovered; 23 deaths)

• Haakon–173 (130 recovered; 3 deaths)

• Hand–295 (242 recovered; 1 death)

• Hughes–1753 (1412 recovered; 21 deaths)

• Hyde–125 (101 recovered)

• Jones–63 (54 recovered)

• Lyman–478 (396 recovered; 8 deaths)

• McPherson–157 (111 recovered; 1 death)

• Mellette–194 (156 recovered; 1 death)

• Potter–284 (219 recovered; 2 deaths)

• Stanley–241 (200 recovered; 1 death)

• Sully–98 (80 recovered; 3 deaths)

• Todd– 1023 (856 recovered; 15 deaths)

• Tripp–562 (423 recovered; 9 deaths)

• Walworth–542 (379 recovered; 13 deaths)

• Ziebach–240 (135 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.

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.