The state Department of Health reports:
- New cases: 579
- State’s death toll: 2,069 (No change from Tuesday)
- Active COVID Cases: 5,370 (+6.7% from Tuesday)
- Completed full vaccine series (12 and older): 56.41% (+0.12% change from Tuesday)
- Currently Hospitalized: 229 (+13 net from Tuesday)
- Last winter was the last time South Dakota had over 200 hospitalized for COVID.
- In the Black Hills region, COVID patients are occupying >100% of the adult ICU capacity.
- 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.
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."
The Department of Health says unvaccinated people make up the vast majority of new cases, deaths, and hospitalizations.
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