COVID-19: Brookings County
UPDATED: July 27, 2022
The South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 page is updated weekly and has confirmed:
- Total Cases: 8,540
- Active Cases: 114
- Recovered Individuals: 8370
- Spread Category: low based on CDC, High based on SDDOH dashboard
COVID-19: Brookings Epidemiology Updates Video
UPDATED: July 21, 2022
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COVID-19: Local, Regional, and National Weekly Summary
UPDATED: July 27, 2022
Weekly Updates:
Brookings County (low community level; high community transmission [% test positivity = 28% vs. 27% last week])
- 8,540 total cases: 39 new cases this week vs. 32 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 15% were under 20 years of age (vs. 16% in previous week)
- 26% were 20-39 years (vs. 25% in previous week)
- 23% were 40-59 years (vs. 31% in previous week)
- 36% were 60 years or older (vs. 28% in previous week)
- 233 Brookings County residents have been hospitalized with COVID: 3 new hospitalizations posted this past week compared to 3 in the previous week. Currently, the percentage of staffed beds that are COVID-occupied in the Sioux Empire region is 4.9% (compared to 5.2% last week).
- 56 Brookings County residents have died of COVID: 0 deaths reported this past week compared to 0 deaths in the previous week.
- Only 26% of Brookings County residents have received a booster.
South Dakota (low community level; high community transmission [% test positivity = 24% vs. 26% last week])
- 250,286 cases: 1,498 new cases this week vs. 1,514 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 18% were under 20 years of age (vs. 14% in previous week)
- 28% were 20-39 years (vs. 28% in previous week)
- 22% were 40-59 years (vs. 24% in previous week)
- 32% were 60 years or older (vs. 34% in previous week)
- 11,259 South Dakota residents have been admitted to in-state hospitals with COVID: 59 were admitted to in-state hospitals this week vs. 59 last week. Of the new hospital admissions this past week:
- 12% were under 20 years of age (vs. 4% in previous week)
- 17% were 20-39 years (vs. 10% in previous week)
- 3% were 40-59 years (vs. 20% in previous week)
- 68% were 60 years or older (vs. 66% in previous week)
- 82 people are currently hospitalized vs. 86 last Wednesday (8 currently in the ICU vs. 6 last week). Currently, the percentage of staffed beds statewide that are COVID-occupied is 3.4% (compared to 3.7% last week).
- 2,956 South Dakotans have died from COVID: 9 new deaths were reported this week vs. 2 in the previous week. All deaths this past week were among people aged 60 years and older.
- 1 was 20-39 years
- 1 was 40-59 years
- 7 were 60 years or older
USA
- 92.4 million cases: 964,156 new cases this week vs. 758,923 in the previous week
- 1.05 million total deaths: 3,252 deaths this week vs. 2,570 in the previous week
Worldwide
- 576.9 million cases: 7.40 million cases this week vs. 6.61 million in the previous week
- 6.40 million deaths: 15,641 deaths this week vs. 14,350 in the previous week
COVID-19: Weekly Data
UPDATED: July 27, 2022
Source: Bonny Specker, Ph. D., South Dakota State University, Division of Research and Economic Development
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