COVID-19: Brookings County
UPDATED: May 25, 2022
The South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 page is updated weekly and has confirmed:
- Total Cases: 8,193
- Active Cases: 54
- Recovered Individuals: 8,086
- Spread Category: low based on CDC, High based on SDDOH dashboard
COVID-19: Brookings Epidemiology Updates Video
UPDATED: April 06, 2022
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COVID-19: Local, Regional, and National Weekly Summary
UPDATED: May 25, 2022
Weekly Updates:
Brookings County (low community level; high community transmission [% test positivity = 15%])
- 8,193 total cases: 28 new cases this week vs. 16 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 22% were under 20 years of age (vs. 12% in previous week)
- 32% were 20-39 years (vs. 44% in previous week)
- 14% were 40-59 years (vs. 19% in previous week)
- 32% were 60 years or older (vs. 25% in previous week)
- 223 Brookings County residents have been hospitalized with COVID: 0 new hospitalizations posted this past week compared to 1 in the previous week. Currently, the percentage of staffed beds that are COVID-occupied in the Sioux Empire region is 1.1%.
- 53 Brookings County residents have died of COVID: 1 death was reported this past week compared to 0 deaths in the previous week.
- 54% of Brookings County residents have received the full vaccine series, and 26% have received a booster or third shot.
South Dakota (low community level based on CDC definition)
- 239,703 cases: 594 new cases this week vs. 475 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 11% were under 20 years of age (vs. 12% in previous week)
- 34% were 20-39 years (vs. 27% in previous week)
- 23% were 40-59 years (vs. 25% in previous week)
- 32% were 60 years or older (vs. 36% in previous week)
- 10,841 South Dakota residents have been admitted to in-state hospitals with COVID: 22 were admitted to in-state hospitals this week vs. 21 last week. Of the new hospital admissions this past week:
- 5% were under 20 years of age (vs. 14% in previous week)
- 18% were 20-39 years (vs. 5% in previous week)
- 19% were 40-59 years (vs. 14% in previous week)
- 59% were 60 years or older (vs. 67% in previous week)
- 30 people currently hospitalized vs. 33 hospitalized last Wednesday (3 currently in the ICU vs. 3 last week). Currently, the percentage of staffed beds statewide that are COVID-occupied is 1.3%.
- 2,928 South Dakotans have died from COVID: 9 deaths were reported this week vs. 2 in the previous week. Of those who died this past week:
- 1 was less than 20 years of age
- 8 were 60 years of age & older
- 54% of South Dakota residents have received the full vaccine series, and 25% have received a booster or third shot.
USA
- 85.2 million cases: 767,569 new cases this week vs. 694,687 in the previous week
- 1.02 million total deaths: 2,239 deaths this week vs. 2,181 in the previous week
Worldwide
- 528.8 million cases: 5.0 million cases this week vs. 5.4 million in the previous week
- 6.30 million deaths: 11,277 deaths this week vs. 12,428 in the previous week
COVID-19: Weekly Data
UPDATED: May 25, 2022
Source: Bonny Specker, Ph. D., South Dakota State University, Division of Research and Economic Development
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