SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota health officials reported Monday that an additional 20 people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 1,381.
Health officials also reported 347 new cases of the coronavirus. Since the pandemic began, there have been more than 95,074 COVID-19 infections in the state.
As of Monday, 344 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in South Dakota, and of that number, 70 were receiving intensive care and 31 were on ventilators.
According to the COVID Tracking Project, the seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in South Dakota has decreased over the past two weeks, going from 886.43 new cases per day on Dec. 5 to 561.29 new cases per day on Dec. 19.
Data from Johns Hopkins University says South Dakota ranks 16th in the country for new cases per capita, with 1,023.8 new cases per 100,000 people over the past two weeks. One in every 225 people in South Dakota tested positive for the virus in the past week.
The state reported that 224 additional people recovered from the disease, bringing the total of people who have recovered to 85,320. Another 1,205 people received their first vaccine dose, bring the number of total vaccinations in the state to 7,516.
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