Today’s (May 7) information from the South Dakota Department of Health shows two additional deaths caused by COVID-19, bringing the state total to 31. Both were Minnehaha County residents.
In central South Dakota, the first positive test showed up in a Ziebach County resident. One new case showed up in Hughes County bringing the total to 14 with nine people having recovered. Six of the eight Stanley County cases have recovered.
To date, in South Dakota:
- currently active cases– 846
- currently hospitalized– 70
- recovered– 2028
- total positive tests– 2905
- total negative tests– 17,209
- ever hospitalized– 236
- deaths– 31
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–
Edmunds–
Faulk– 1
Gregory–
Haakon–
Hand– 1
Hughes– 14 (up 1. 9 recovered)
Hyde– 1
Jones–
Lyman– 3
McPherson– 1
Mellette–
Potter–
Stanley– 8 (6 recovered)
Sully– 1
Todd– 7 (1 recovered)
Tripp–
Walworth– 5
Ziebach– 1
