COVID-19: Brookings County
UPDATED: June 17, 2021
The South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 page is updated daily and has confirmed:
- Total Cases: 4,235
- Recovered Individuals: 4,192
- Active Cases: 6
- Spread Category: Minimal
COVID-19: Brookings Thresholds
UPDATED: May 24, 2021
- Is the epidemic controlled? Yes. Rt was below 1.0 for all of the last 14 days; community spread is currently moderate per DOH definition based on last two weeks of cases.
- Is the health system able to cope with a resurgence of COVID-19 cases that may arise after adapting some measures? Brookings Health System feels they can handle the anticipated numbers (n = 0 to 1).
- Is the public health surveillance system able to detect and manage the cases and their contacts, and identify a resurgence of cases in Brookings?
a. Mitigation Level: Yes, according to state data using tests done, but not unique people tested.
b. Suppression Level: Yes, for state data using tests done (1%) but not unique people tested (11%).
c. Approximate Time to Receive Test Results: 1 to 2 days
d. Percent of Brookings population aged 16 years or older that has received at least one vaccine as of 5/12/21: 40%
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COVID-19: Brookings Epidemiology Bi-Weekly Video
UPDATED: June 10, 2021
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COVID-19: Local, Regional, and National Weekly Summary
UPDATED: June 18, 2021
Brookings County (substantial spread is 34+ new cases per week)
- 4,235 cases: 3 new cases this week vs. 1 in previous week (in MINIMAL spread!)
- 7 active cases (up from 3 last week)
- Percentage of 18 to 24 year olds who are vaccinated in Brookings County continues to be below the state (22.9% vs. 32.2%). Brookings has higher vaccination rates in all other age groups compared to the state.
South Dakota (substantial spread is 864+ new cases per week)
- 124,382 cases: 68 new cases this week vs. 87 in previous week
- 170 active cases (221 last week)
- The percent of cases that were among individuals aged 60+ years jumped this week to 22%. This is important due to higher hospitalization and mortality rates among individuals aged 60+ years.
- 28 people currently hospitalized vs. 38 hospitalized last week (9 in the ICU vs. 6 last week)
- 2,026 deaths: 3 deaths this week vs. 4 in previous week
USA
- 34.35 million cases: 109,319 new cases this week vs. 106,128 in previous week
- 615,717 total deaths: 2,665 deaths this week vs. 2,616 in previous week
Worldwide
- 77.3 million cases: 2.66 million cases this week vs. 2.81 million in previous week
- 3.83 million deaths: 75,543 deaths this week vs. 187,021 in previous week (deaths reported for previous week was an anomaly due to delays in data reporting)
COVID-19: Rankings (Top 10 Most Populous South Dakota Counties)
UPDATED: June 2, 2021
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COVID-19: Weekly Data
UPDATED: June 18, 2021
Source: Bonny Specker, Ph. D., South Dakota State University, Division of Research and Economic Development
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY DATA PDF HERE >
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