Today’s (Nov. 15, 2020) update from the state Department of Health shows 1100 new confirmed cases and 99 new probable cases of coronavirus in the state since yesterday. There have now been 644 deaths– 219 of those have been reported this month (Nov. 2020).
In South Dakota:
• currently active cases– 19,360
• currently hospitalized– 553
• total confirmed cases– 61,700
• total probable cases– 3681
• recovered cases– 45,377
• total deaths– 644
Coronavirus patients currently occupy 20.4% of the staffed hospital beds in the state. Other patients are using 43.3% of the staffed beds leaving 36.3% available. Of the staffed intensive care unit beds in the state, COVID-19 patients are using 33%, other patients occupy 33% and 34% are available to be used.
Number of COVID-19 patients in central SD hospitals as of 6pm Nov. 14, 2020:
• Avera Gettysburg— 5
• Avera Gregory– 7
• Avera Hand County Memorial– 4
• Avera St. Mary’s Pierre– 10; 4 in ICU; 0 using ventilation
• Bowdle Healthcare Center– 1
• Cheyenne River Health Center– 7
• Eureka Community Health Services– 0
• Mobridge Regional Hospital– 5
• Platte Health Center– 5
• Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center– 3
• Winner Regional Healthcare Center– 6
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–467 (315 recovered; 3 deaths)
• Buffalo– 331 (290 recovered; 5 deaths)
• Campbell–93 (77 recovered; 1 death)
• Corson–319 (244 recovered; 3 deaths)
• Dewey–693 (292 recovered; 2 deaths)
• Edmunds–208 (144 recovered; 1 death)
• Faulk–260 (211 recovered; 6 deaths)
• Gregory–362 (246 recovered; 13 deaths)
• Haakon–118 (88 recovered; 3 deaths)
• Hand–237 (143 recovered; 1 death)
• Hughes–1298 (911 recovered; 8 deaths)
• Hyde–99 (51 recovered)
• Jones–46 (38 recovered)
• Lyman–372 (293 recovered; 7 deaths)
• McPherson–101 (65 recovered; 1 death)
• Mellette–129 (98 recovered; 1 death)
• Potter–210 (147 recovered)
• Stanley–163 (105 recovered)
• Sully–75 (49 recovered)
• Todd– 701 (549 recovered; 10 deaths)
• Tripp–407 (294 recovered; 2 deaths)
• Walworth–374 (271 recovered; 10 deaths)
• Ziebach–149 (84 recovered; 3 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.
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