The state is reporting 50 new positive COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the state’s overall total to 1685.  Again, the majority of the positive cases – 48 of them – come from Minnehaha and Lincoln counties. All total between those two counties there are now 1500 positive COVID-19 cases.  The state is reporting that there are 891 total cases tied to the Smithfield processing plant outbreak – 748 of them employees and 143 who are close contacts. 

There are no new positive cases to report in Lake County. Currently, Lake County has reported three positive cases, with two of them recovered, and 86 negative tests.  

The state Department of Health reports that 709 people have recovered from the virus, and 87 people have been hospitalized.  There have been seven deaths caused by COVID-19.  

More information from covid.sd.gov:

SOUTH DAKOTA CASE COUNTS

Test Results # of Cases
Positive* 1685
Negative** 10641
Pending*** 0
*Positive test results include testing conducted by the South Dakota Public Health Laboratory and private laboratories.
**Negative test results include testing conducted by the South Dakota Public Health Laboratory and private laboratories.
***Tests currently pending at the South Dakota Public Health Lab. This number does not include pending results at private labs. If you have been tested and are waiting for results, contact your healthcare provider

COVID-19 IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Number of Cases 1685
Ever Hospitalized* 87
Deaths** 7
Recovered 709
*Cumulative persons who have been hospitalized to date.
**The Department does not report deaths until a certified death record has been filed. By law, a death record must be filed within 5 days of the date of death.

COVID-19 CASES by SD COUNTY OF RESIDENCE

County Total Positive Cases Total Negative Cases Total Cases Recovered
Aurora 1 33 1
Beadle 21 161 19
Bennett 0 10 0
Bon Homme 4 88 3
Brookings 9 271 9
Brown 20 401 11
Brule 0 36 0
Buffalo 0 7 0
Butte 0 13 0
Campbell 0 7 0
Charles Mix 4 62 3
Clark 1 44 1
Clay 5 102 4
Codington 13 372 12
Corson 1 7 1
Custer 0 13 0
Davison 3 246 3
Day 0 43 0
Deuel 1 59 1
Dewey 0 20 0
Douglas 0 21 0
Edmunds 0 18 0
Fall River 1 10 1
Faulk 1 14 1
Grant 0 30 0
Gregory 0 28 0
Haakon 0 10 0
Hamlin 2 49 1
Hand 0 18 0
Hanson 0 18 0
Harding 0 1 0
Hughes 5 199 4
Hutchinson 2 69 2
Hyde 1 7 1
Jackson 0 3 0
Jerauld 4 24 4
Jones 0 4 0
Kingsbury 0 55 0
Lake 3 86 2
Lawrence 9 60 9
Lincoln 95 1006 48
Lyman 2 17 2
Marshall 1 33 1
McCook 3 77 2
McPherson 0 11 0
Meade 1 54 1
Mellette 0 11 0
Miner 1 16 0
Minnehaha 1405 4317 514
Moody 1 69 0
Oglala Lakota 1 21 1
Pennington 11 332 7
Perkins 0 0 0
Potter 0 27 0
Roberts 4 75 4
Sanborn 3 31 2
Spink 3 78 2
Stanley 0 29 0
Sully 1 12 1
Todd 1 32 1
Tripp 0 49 0
Turner 6 110 3
Union 7 99 3
Walworth 5 24 4
Yankton 23 358 20
Ziebach 0 3 0
Unassigned* 0 1031 0
*Laboratories report COVID-19 testing results to SD-DOH and include patient address that they have received from the medical provider, if available. SD-DOH reports information that we receive from the laboratories, which includes unassigned counties.

AGE GROUP OF SOUTH DAKOTA COVID-19 CASES

Age Range # of Cases # of Deaths
0 to 19 years 97 0
20 to 29 years 317 0
30 to 39 years 390 0
40 to 49 years 346 0
50 to 59 years 307 2
60 to 69 years 159 2
70 to 79 years 32 1
80+ years 37 2

SEX OF SOUTH DAKOTA COVID-19 CASES

Sex # of Cases # of Deaths
Male 915 5
Female 770 2