SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota health officials are reporting two new coronavirus deaths.
One of the deaths reported Sunday was a man and the other was a woman. One death was in Minnehaha County and the other in Pennington County. That brings South Dakota’s death toll since the pandemic began to 118.
The South Dakota Department of Health reports 44 new, confirmed cases of the coronavirus. That brings the total of positive cases in the state to 7,906.
The Argus Leader reports Minnehaha County added eight cases, bringing that county’s total to 3,854 total, with Pennington County adding seven, Beadle County five and Lincoln County two.
Coronavirus patients were occupying 3% of staffed hospital beds in South Dakota on Sunday while 51% of hospital beds were available, according to the state Health Department. Coronavirus patients were occupying 4% of intensive care unit beds, and 30% of ICU beds were available.
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