SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota health officials on Sunday confirmed two new deaths due to the coronavirus and 134 new cases of COVID-19.
The update increased the number of fatalities to 1,888 and the number of overall cases to 112,427 since the start of the pandemic.
There were about 237 new cases per 100,000 people in South Dakota over the past two weeks, which ranks 31st in the country for new cases per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers. One in every 782 people in the state tested positive in the past week.
The state’s death count is the 41st highest in the country overall and the seventh highest per capita at about 214 deaths per 100,000 people, researchers said.
State health officials said 214,507 doses of the vaccines had been administered as of Sunday morning. More than 25% of the state’s population has received at last one dose and more than 13% have completed both shots.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.
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