Wednesday COVID-19 update: One new positive case in Lake County

No new COVID-19 deaths are being reported by the state Department of Health Wednesday.  The state’s virus-related death toll remains at 1844.  The state is reporting more than 90 new positive COVID-19 cases, and just more than two-thousand active cases at this time.  94 people are currently hospitalized because of the virus. 

Lake County reports one new positive COVID-19 case Wednesday, along with three recovered cases.  The county’s number of active cases is now at 23.  

Kingsbury County currently has 16 active COVID-19 cases, McCook County has 10, and Miner and Moody counties each report nine active COVID-19 cases.  Brookings County’s number of active cases dropped below one-hundred to 91 Wednesday.

As far as COVID-19 vaccinations, more than 107-thousand state residents, or sixteen percent, have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while more than 51-thousand have received both doses.

More information can be found at covid.sd.gov.