COVID-19: Brookings County
UPDATED: May 7, 2021
The South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 page is updated daily and has confirmed:
- Total Cases: 4,205
- Recovered Individuals: 4,109
- Active Cases: 59
- Spread Category: Substantial
COVID-19: Brookings Thresholds
UPDATED: May 7, 2021
- Is the epidemic controlled? Yes. Rt was below 1.0 for 0 of the last 14 days; community spread is currently substantial per DOH definition based on last two weeks of cases.
- Is the health system able to cope with a resurgence of COVID-19 cases that may arise after adapting some measures? Based on current census data, Brookings Health System feels they can handle the lowest of the anticipated numbers (n = 2). However, staffing will be challenged, thereby limiting the ability to sustain care for the long-term, with the highest anticipated number (n = 5).
- Is the public health surveillance system able to detect and manage the cases and their contacts, and identify a resurgence of cases in Brookings?
a. Mitigation Level: Yes, according to BHS data (includes sentinel testing, multiple tests on same person, non-county residents) and state data using tests done, but not unique people tested.
b. Suppression Level: No, test positivity is 5% based on BHS data and for state data there is a range of 2% based on tests done to 15% based on unique individuals tested.
c. Approximate Time to Receive Test Results: 1 to 2 days
d. Percent of Brookings population aged 16 years or older that has received at least one vaccine as of 5/5/21: 47%
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COVID-19: Brookings Epidemiology Weekly Video
UPDATED: May 6, 2021
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COVID-19: Local, Regional, and National Weekly Summary
UPDATED: May 5, 2021
Brookings County (substantial spread is 34+ new cases per week)
- 4,198 cases: 27 new cases this week vs. 45 in previous week
- 71 active cases (down from 126 last week)
- Test positivity among people tested (15%) & among tests done (2%); percent test positivity based on PCR tests only (DOH dashboard = 3%)
- Eight out of the 27 cases this past week were among children aged less than 20 years and 15 of the cases were in the 20-39 year age group. There were only four cases in people aged 40 or older.
- 153 ever hospitalized: 4 new admissions this week vs. 1 in previous week
- 37 total deaths: 0 deaths this week vs. 0 in previous week
- 47% of Brookings residents aged 16+ years have received 1+ vaccines and 38% are fully vaccinated (not including VA & IHS).
- Cumulative cases per 100,000 population by week are given for counties with the 10 most populous cities (three slides; see county rankings below).
- Brookings County has the second lowest overall number of cases per population (Lawrence County is best).
- Brookings County had the fourth largest number of cases in the past seven days per population out of the counties with the top 10 most populous cities (Codington County is highest).
- Brookings County mobility data were not updated this week.
South Dakota (substantial spread is 864+ new cases per week)
- 123,073 cases: 675 new cases this week vs. 881 in previous week
- 1,385 active cases (1,789 last week)
- 13% of cases this past week were among individuals aged 60+ years – this is about the same as last week (12%).
- Test positivity among people tested (15%) & among tests done (3%); percent test positivity based on PCR tests only (DOH dashboard = 6%).
- 7,417 ever hospitalized: 80 admissions this week vs. 76 in previous week
- 102 people currently hospitalized vs. 103 hospitalized last week (23 in the ICU vs. 31 last week)
- 1,974 deaths: 12 deaths this week vs. 8 in previous week
- 50% of South Dakotans and 52% of Brookings county residents aged 20+ years have received 1+ vaccines. Brookings County has a higher vaccination rate in all age groups except 20-29 years. All age groups less than 60 years have less than a 70% vaccination rate.
- 13.9% of South Dakotans have tested positive (12.0% of Brookings County residents): the age group with the highest percentage is 20-29 years (18.6% for SD & 15.9% for Brookings) followed by 40-49 year (18.4% for SD & 15.3% for Brookings).
- Overall, 6.0% of South Dakotans who have tested positive have been hospitalized ranging from 1.1% in the less than 20 year age group to 28.9% in 80 years and older age group.
- Overall case fatality rate (percent of people testing positive for COVID who die) is 1.62% and ranges from less than 1% in individuals less than 60 years of age to 2.0% in the 60-69 year age group, and increasing to 20.5% in the 80 years and older age group.
- Cumulative number of cases for K-12 and higher education: 11,631 & 3,889 cases in K-12 students & staff and 3,468 & 666 cases in higher ed students & staff.
- Deaths over time, including through February 2021, and by causes of death (four slides) were updated (last updated by SD Dept of Health 4/11/21):
- 2020 Total deaths (provisional) = 9,857
- Average number of deaths/year (2010-2019) = 7,602
- Difference between observed & average = 2,255
- COVID deaths in 2020 per DOH dashboard = 1,488
- South Dakota mobility data were not updated this week.
USA
- 33.27 million cases: 347,568 new cases this week vs. 390,621 in previous week
- 592,409 total deaths: 5,025 deaths this week vs. 4,928 in previous week
Worldwide
- 154.9 million cases: 5.65 million cases this week vs. 5.78 million in previous week
- 3.24 million deaths: 92,490 deaths this week vs. 91,232 in previous week
COVID-19: Rankings (Top 10 Most Populous South Dakota Counties)
UPDATED: May 5, 2021
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COVID-19: Weekly Data
UPDATED: May 5, 2021
Source: Bonny Specker, Ph. D., South Dakota State University, Division of Research and Economic Development
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