COVID-19: Brookings County
UPDATED: April 06, 2022
The South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 page is updated daily and has confirmed:
- Total Cases: 8,096
- Active Cases: 12
- Recovered Individuals: 8,032
- Spread Category: low based on CDC, moderate based on SDDOH dashboard
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UPDATED: April 06, 2022
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COVID-19: Local, Regional, and National Weekly Summary
UPDATED: April 06, 2022
Weekly Updates:
Brookings County (low community level based on CDC and moderate based on SDDOH)
- 8,096 total cases: 3 new cases this week vs. 2 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 67% were under 20 years of age (vs. 50% in previous week)
- 33% were 20-39 years (vs. 0% in previous week)
- 0% were 40-59 years (vs. 0% in previous week)
- 0% were 60 years or older (vs. 50% in previous week)
- 221 Brookings County residents have been hospitalized with COVID (decreased by one from last week due to SDDOH data cleaning): 0 new hospitalizations posted this past week compared to 0 in the previous week. Currently, the percentage of staffed beds that are COVID-occupied in the Sioux Empire region is 4.0%.
- 52 Brookings County residents have died of COVID: 1 death was reported this past week compared to no 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 (low community level based on CDC definition)
- 237,246 cases: 137 new cases this week vs. 154 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 23% were under 20 years of age (vs. 26% in previous week)
- 19% were 20-39 years (vs. 22% in previous week)
- 18% were 40-59 years (vs. 14% in previous week)
- 40% were 60 years or older (vs. 38% in previous week)
- 10,731 South Dakota residents have been admitted to in-state hospitals with COVID: 14 were admitted to in-state hospitals this week vs. 24 last week. Of the new hospital admissions this past week:
- 14% were under 20 years of age (vs. 4% in previous week)
- 22% were 20-39 years (vs. 21% in previous week)
- 50% were 40-59 years (vs. 21% in previous week)
- 14% were 60 years or older (vs. 54% in previous week)
- 41 people currently hospitalized vs. 43 hospitalized last Wednesday (3 currently in the ICU vs. 6 last week). Currently, the percentage of staffed beds statewide that are COVID-occupied is 1.7%.
- 2,893 South Dakotans have died from COVID: 10 deaths were reported this week vs. 3 in the previous week. Of those who died this past week:
- 1 were 40-59 years of age
- 9 were 60 years of age & older
- 53% of South Dakota residents have received the full vaccine series, and 24% have received a booster or third shot.
USA
- 81.90 million cases: 213,384 new cases this week vs. 210,359 in the previous week
- 1,009,390 total deaths: 4,334 deaths this week vs. 5,264 in the previous week
Worldwide
- 493.7 million cases: 8.7 million cases this week vs. 10.9 million in the previous week
- 6.18 million deaths: 26,431 deaths this week vs. 34,545 in the previous week
COVID-19: Weekly Data
UPDATED: April 06, 2022
Source: Bonny Specker, Ph. D., South Dakota State University, Division of Research and Economic Development
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