SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota has reached 1,900 deaths due to complications from the coronavirus, state health officials reported Sunday.
Officials confirmed two new COVID-19-related deaths in the last day, a person in their 40s and a person in their 60s. South Dakota’s death count is the eighth highest per capita in the country at 215 deaths per 100,000 people, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers.
The daily state report included 211 new infections, bringing the total to 113,589 positive tests since the start of the pandemic. Active cases rose for a sixth straight day, from 2,109 to 2,158
There were about 251 new cases per 100,000 people in South Dakota over the past two weeks, which ranks 25th for new cases per capita, researchers said. One in every 813 people in the state tested positive in the past week.
Hospitalizations fell by two since Saturday, to 72.
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