Today’s (Nov. 30, 2020) update from the state Department of Health shows there have been 946 coronavirus related deaths in South Dakota since the state began tracking information in March. Of the 946 deaths, 521 were reported this month (Nov. 2020).
The Health Department’s covid.sd.gov website also shows 455 new confirmed cases and 109 new probable cases of coronavirus in the state since yesterday.
In South Dakota:
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currently active cases– 17,184
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currently hospitalized– 546
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total confirmed cases– 74,973
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total probable cases– 5491
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recovered cases– 62,334
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total deaths– 946
Coronavirus patients currently occupy 19.4% of the staffed hospital beds in the state. Other patients are using 40.8% of the staffed beds leaving 39.8% available. Of the staffed adult intensive care unit beds in the state, COVID-19 patients are using 47.8%, other patients occupy 33.5% and 18.7% are available to be used. 74.8% of the ventilators in the state are still available for use.
Number of COVID-19 patients in central SD hospitals as of 6pm Nov. 29, 2020:
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Avera Gettysburg— 3
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Avera Gregory– 2
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Avera Hand County Memorial– 0
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Avera St. Mary’s Pierre– 12; 3 in ICU; 2 using ventilation
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Bowdle Healthcare Center– 4
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Cheyenne River Health Center– 9
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Eureka Community Health Services– 0
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Mobridge Regional Hospital– 5
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Platte Health Center– 3
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Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center– 4
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Winner Regional Healthcare Center– 3
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:
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Brule–566 (459 recovered; 5 deaths)
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Buffalo– 378 (321 recovered; 8 deaths)
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Campbell–103 (92 recovered; 1 death)
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Corson–385 (315 recovered; 5 deaths)
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Dewey–833 (511 recovered; 3 deaths)
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Edmunds–252 (201 recovered; 2 deaths)
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Faulk–280 (244 recovered; 10 deaths)
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Gregory–439 (339 recovered; 20 deaths)
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Haakon–149 (121 recovered; 3 deaths)
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Hand–283 (214 recovered; 1 death)
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Hughes–1655 (1293 recovered; 18 deaths)
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Hyde–125 (86 recovered)
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Jones–62 (49 recovered)
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Lyman–455 (369 recovered; 8 deaths)
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McPherson–150 (102 recovered; 1 death)
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Mellette–178 (142 recovered; 1 death)
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Potter–271 (195 recovered; 1 death)
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Stanley–229 (172 recovered)
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Sully–91 (71 recovered; 3 deaths)
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Todd– 954 (760 recovered; 12 deaths)
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Tripp–512 (377 recovered; 4 deaths)
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Walworth–485 (344 recovered; 12 deaths)
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Ziebach–207 (121 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.
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