Today’s (April 23) information from the South Dakota Department of Health shows one new case of COVID-19 in a Hughes County resident.
The new case brings the Hughes County total to 7 positive cases since the pandemic began. Six of the seven 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– 1956
- negative tests– 12,109
- recovered– 1064
- ever hospitalized– 119
- deaths– 9
To date, 801 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 (up 1 from yesterday)
Hyde– 1
Jones–
Lyman– 2
McPherson–
Mellette–
Potter–
Stanley–
Sully– 1
Todd– 1
Tripp–
Walworth– 5
Ziebach–
