Friday COVID-19 update: Four new positive cases in Lake County; one new death & 259 new positives statewide

The state Department of Health is reporting four new positive COVID-19 cases in Lake County Friday.  Lake County now has 122 positive cases, with 102 of them reported as recovered and six virus-related deaths.  That makes 14 active cases currently in Lake County.

Another COVID-19 death is being reported in the state Friday.  The state Department of Health reports the total number of deaths now at 170.  There are 259 new positive COVID-19 cases reported Friday, with 89 people hospitalized.  The state still reports more than three-thousand active cases statewide.  

Elsewhere in our area, Brookings County continues to have a high amount of active cases at 182 Friday.  McCook County has fourteen active COVID-19 cases currently, and Moody County has eleven.  Kingsbury County is reporting seven active coronavirus cases as of Friday, and Miner County has two.

The state Department of Health updates information daily on its website at covid.sd.gov.