SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota recorded 59 new cases of COVID-19 and one death on Tuesday amid an increase in the average number of daily new cases over the last two weeks.
Most of the new cases were reported in Minnehaha County, the state’s most populated area. But the state’s western part has also seen outbreaks. An outbreak at a Christian summer camp in the Black Hills infected nearly one-third of the 328 people at the facility.
Camp Judson director Tracy Koskan declined Tuesday to comment about circumstances at the camp, other than to say it has been portrayed unfairly by news outlets. None of the nearly 100 people who were infected has been hospitalized, state health officials said.
The man who died was over the age of 80 and lived in Codington County. The state has tallied 136 deaths from COVID-19. It has also recorded 9,079 cases, but 88% of those have recovered. 935 people have active infections.
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