1500+ new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus since yesterday in South Dakota

Today’s (Nov. 13, 2020) update from the state Department of Health shows 1482 new confirmed cases and 129 new probable cases of coronavirus in the state since yesterday.

In South Dakota:

• currently active cases– 18,627

• currently hospitalized– 556

• total confirmed cases– 58,920

• total probable cases– 3407

• recovered cases– 43,132

• total deaths– 568

Coronavirus patients currently occupy 20.4% of the staffed hospital beds in the state. Other patients are using 46.9% of the staffed beds leaving 32.7% available. Of the staffed intensive care unit beds in the state, COVID-19 patients are using 33.4%, other patients occupy 33.1% and 33.4% are available to be used.

Number of COVID-19 patients in central SD hospitals as of 6pm Nov. 12, 2020:

• Avera Gettysburg— 4

• Avera Gregory– 8

• Avera Hand County Memorial– 5

• Avera St. Mary’s Pierre– 11; 3 in ICU; 1 using ventilation

• Bowdle Healthcare Center– 3

• Cheyenne River Health Center– 11

• Eureka Community Health Services– 0

• Mobridge Regional Hospital– 2

• Platte Health Center– 6

• Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center– 4

• Winner Regional Healthcare Center– 4

Central SD positive COVID-19 cases:

• Brule–441 (301 recovered; 3 deaths)

• Buffalo– 325 (283 recovered; 5 deaths)

• Campbell–91 (76 recovered; 1 death)

• Corson–308 (228 recovered; 2 deaths)

• Dewey–676 (281 recovered; 2 deaths)

• Edmunds–198 (140 recovered; 1 death)

• Faulk–256 (205 recovered; 5 deaths)

• Gregory–351 (232 recovered; 10 deaths)

• Haakon–115 (86 recovered; 3 deaths)

• Hand–221 (130 recovered; 1 death)

• Hughes–1229 (872 recovered; 8 deaths)

• Hyde–85 (48 recovered)

• Jones–45 (35 recovered)

• Lyman–354 (285 recovered; 7 deaths)

• McPherson–86 (65 recovered; 1 death)

• Mellette–121 (88 recovered; 1 death)

• Potter–199 (135 recovered)

• Stanley–150 (95 recovered)

• Sully–67 (47 recovered)

• Todd– 671 (513 recovered; 10 deaths)

• Tripp–386 (284 recovered; 2 deaths)

• Walworth–361 (259 recovered; 10 deaths)

• Ziebach–148 (83 recovered; 2 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.