Update on COVID-19 pandemic
This item is available in full to subscribers.
To continue reading, you will need to either log in to your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a current print subscriber, you can set up a free website account and connect your subscription to it by clicking here.
If you are a digital subscriber with an active, online-only subscription then you already have an account here. Just reset your password if you've not yet logged in to your account on this new site.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |
HURON — Beadle County continued its recent uptick in cases, reaching a weekly number in new positive COVID-19 cases not seen since mid-June when the county was in the throws of a significant spike.
Over the week, 119 combined new cases were tallied, with 37 of those new positive cases. Beadle had last exceeded 30 positive cases in one week the week that ended June 21, when it recorded 48 new positive cases among 254 new overall cases.
Over the past two weeks, Beadle County has seen active cases jump by 244%, going from 18 on Sept. 6 to 44 after Sunday’s numbers from the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH).
Ten new positive cases over the weekend brought Beadle over the 700 mark in total positive cases, to 701 after DOH’s Sunday numbers.
After three straight days with 350+ new positive cases, Sunday’s statewide numbers saw “just” 252 new positive cases, but over the weekend, the state recorded the 200th death of the pandemic.
Sunday’s numbers from DOH brought the overall death total up to 202.
The most concerning number at a statewide level is the skyrocketing current hospitalization rate.
Before the last two weeks, the state had seen one spike that brought current hospitalizations over triple-digits. Typical current hospitalizations recorded ranged from 30-60.
Through August, the “current hospitalized” number began to rise significantly, and nearly each day recently has been a new record high in the state. Over the weekend, the numbers soared to 170 South Dakotans currently hospitalized. This does not put a stress on the statewide availability of hospital beds at this time, but it is a notable trend.
In the Heartland region, each county added new positive cases over the weekend. Overall, the region now has 125 active cases across the seven-county region, up from 84 just one week ago.
