UPDATE, 3/20/20: Marnie Herrmann of First Security Bank originally told SDPB on Wednesday that none of the employees at the bank tested positive. On Friday, she clarified that she does not know if the employees who were tested have received their test results.
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A person from New York who conducted training March 11 at Security First Bank in Rapid City has since tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release from the bank.
Chief Banking Officer Marnie Herrmann said the trainer notified the bank of the illness on March 12. Herrmann said four employees who had close contact with the trainer were immediately sent home to self-quarantine.
Herrmann said all four employees contacted physicians. At least two were directed to undergo testing for COVID-19, she said, but physicians apparently determined testing was unnecessary for the others. Herrmann said neither of the tests was positive for COVID-19.
The individuals remain in self-quarantine. The bank’s drive-through lanes and ATMs remain open but the lobbies are closed to foot traffic. Herrmann said the bank has been extensively sanitized.
So far, according to data from the state of South Dakota, only one person from the West River region has tested positive for COVID-19. That was a man in his 60s who was a resident of Pennington County, but had actually been in Davison County for the two weeks leading up to his death on March 10. His is the only known death from COVID-19 so far in the state.
As of Thursday morning, there were 11 known cases of COVID-19 in South Dakota. There were also 551 negative test results.
