COVID-19: Brookings County
UPDATED: June 29, 2022
The South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 page is updated weekly and has confirmed:
- Total Cases: 8,379
- Active Cases: 106
- Recovered Individuals: 8,218
- Spread Category: low based on CDC, High based on SDDOH dashboard
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COVID-19: Local, Regional, and National Weekly Summary
UPDATED: June 29, 2022
Weekly Updates:
Brookings County (low community level; high community transmission [% test positivity = 33% vs. 23% last week])
- 8,379 total cases: 45 new cases this week vs. 30 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 11% were under 20 years of age (vs. 23% in previous week)
- 31% were 20-39 years (vs. 37% in previous week)
- 29% were 40-59 years (vs. 10% in previous week)
- 29% were 60 years or older (vs. 30% in previous week)
- 229 Brookings County residents have been hospitalized with COVID: 1 new hospitalization posted this past week compared to 1 in the previous week. Currently, the percentage of staffed beds that are COVID-occupied in the Sioux Empire region is 3.2% (compared to 3.4% last week).
- 55 Brookings County residents have died of COVID: 0 deaths reported this past week compared to 1 death in the previous week.
- 49% of Brookings County residents have received the full vaccine series, and 26% have received a booster or third shot.
South Dakota (low community level; high community transmission [% test positivity = 33% vs. 20% last week])
- 244,523 cases: 1,254 new cases this week vs. 971 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 13% were under 20 years of age (vs. 11% in previous week)
- 27% were 20-39 years (vs. 26% in previous week)
- 25% were 40-59 years (vs. 26% in previous week)
- 35% were 60 years or older (vs. 37% in previous week)
- 11,029 South Dakota residents have been admitted to in-state hospitals with COVID: 44 were admitted to in-state hospitals this week vs. 41 last week. Of the new hospital admissions this past week:
- 11% were under 20 years of age (vs. 5% in previous week)
- 11% were 20-39 years (vs. 17% in previous week)
- 11% were 40-59 years (vs. 17% in previous week)
- 66% were 60 years or older (vs. 61% in previous week)
- 53 people are currently hospitalized vs. 65 last Wednesday (6 currently in the ICU vs. 7 last week). Currently, the percentage of staffed beds statewide that are COVID-occupied is 2.3% (compared to 3.2% last week).
- 2,938 South Dakotans have died from COVID: 2 new deaths were reported this week vs. 5 in the previous week. The two deaths were among people aged 60 years and older.
USA
- 89.0 million cases: 785,857 new cases this week vs. 695,307 in the previous week
- 1.04 million total deaths: 2,454 deaths this week vs. 2,417 in the previous week
Worldwide
- 550.7 million cases: 4.99 million cases this week vs. 4.01 million in the previous week
- 6.35 million deaths: 10,310 deaths this week vs. 9,339 in the previous week
COVID-19: Weekly Data
UPDATED: June 29, 2022
Source: Bonny Specker, Ph. D., South Dakota State University, Division of Research and Economic Development
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