SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Johns Hopkins University researchers say the rolling average number of daily new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks in South Dakota has decreased by 37%.
State health officials on Thursday reported 337 new positive tests for the coronavirus, increasing the total number of the cases to 106,400. One in every 472 people in South Dakota tested positive in the past week, researchers said.
The update showed six deaths since Wednesday, for a cumulative total of 1,673. The death toll is the sixth highest per capita in the country at about 189 deaths per 100,000 people, according to The COVID Tracking Project.
A total of 185 people are hospitalized with the virus, including 38 patients in intensive care unit and 26 patients requiring ventilators, health officials said.
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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