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168 Hospitalized With COVID As Active Cases Near 4,000

COVID Update

The state Department of Health reports:

  • New cases: 439 (-7.5% from Thursday)
  • State’s death toll: 2,062 (+2 from Thursday)
  • Active COVID Cases: 3,992 (+9% from Thursday)
  • Completed full vaccine series (12 and older): 56.07% (+0.13% from Thursday)
    • The state has surpassed 400,000 people who've received some level of vaccination.
  • Currently Hospitalized: 168 (+12 net from Thursday)
    • Note: Currently Hospitalized numbers include COVID-19 cases and people that are in the hospital under transmission-based precautions. The number may include out-of-state cases and people.
  • 4.4% of adult ICU beds are available in the Black Hills region.

 

The South Dakota Department of Health says, "The more the virus that causes COVID-19 circulates in a community, the more opportunities it has to transform into variants that can spread more easily. Help stop the spread and further mutation of the Coronavirus by getting vaccinated."

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