COVID-19: Brookings County
UPDATED: February 23, 2022
The South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 page is updated daily and has confirmed:
- Total Cases: 8,064
- Active Cases: 123
- Recovered Individuals: 7,891
- Spread Category: Moderate
COVID-19: Brookings Epidemiology Updates Video
UPDATED: February 03, 2022
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COVID-19: Local, Regional, and National Weekly Summary
UPDATED: March 02, 2022
Weekly Updates:
Brookings County (Highest Level of Spread)
- 8,064 total cases: 8 new cases this week vs. 18 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 12.5% were under 20 years of age (vs. 61% last week)
- 12.5% were 20-39 years (vs. 22% last week)
- 25% were 40-59 years (vs. 11% last week)
- 50% were 60 years or older (vs. 6% last week)
- Since February 16th, the largest percentage increase and the number of cases increased have been in the 0-9 year age group (2%; n=9).
- 221 Brookings County residents have been hospitalized with COVID: 2 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 10.8%.
- 50 Brookings County residents have died of COVID: no deaths were reported this past week compared to 2 deaths in the previous week.
- 53% of Brookings County residents have received the full vaccine series, and 25% have received a booster or third shot.
South Dakota (Highest Level of Spread)
- 236,056 cases: 515 new cases this week vs. 1,849 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 18% were under 20 years of age (vs. 27% last week)
- 21% were 20-39 years (vs. 30% last week)
- 27% were 40-59 years (vs. 22% last week)
- 34% were 60 years or older (vs. 20% last week)
- 10,568 South Dakota residents have been admitted to in-state hospitals with COVID: 10 were admitted to in-state hospitals this week vs. 86 last week. It was impossible to determine the age distribution of those hospitalized this past week due to a large amount of data cleaning (see above).
- 147 people currently hospitalized vs. 171 hospitalized last Wednesday (30 currently in the ICU vs. 32 last week). Currently, the percentage of staffed beds statewide that are COVID-occupied is 6.2%.
- 2,808 South Dakotans have died from COVID: 30 deaths were reported this week vs. 26 in the previous week. Of those who died this past week:
- 1 was less than 20 years of age
- 4 were 40-59 years of age
- 25 were 60 years of age & older
- 53% of South Dakota residents have received the full vaccine series, and 23% have received a booster or third shot.
USA
- 80.69 million cases: 427,036 new cases this week vs. 630,629 in the previous week
- 977,402 total deaths: 14,031 deaths this week vs. 14,102 in the previous week
Worldwide
- 438.6 million cases: 10.6 million cases this week vs. 12.1 million in the previous week
- 5.98 million deaths: 59,377 deaths this week vs. 68,309 in the previous week
COVID-19: Weekly Data
UPDATED: March 02, 2022
Source: Bonny Specker, Ph. D., South Dakota State University, Division of Research and Economic Development
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