COVID-19: Brookings County
UPDATED: January 24, 2021
The South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 page is updated daily and has confirmed:
- Total Cases: 3,366
- Recovered Individuals: 3,127
- Active Cases: 206
- Spread Category: Substantial
COVID-19: Brookings Thresholds
UPDATED: January 21, 2021
- Is the epidemic controlled? No. Rt was above 1.0 for 6 of the last 14 days and spread remains substantial.
- Is the health system able to cope with a resurgence of COVID-19 cases that may arise after adapting some measures? Based on current census, Brookings Health System feels they can handle the lowest of the anticipated numbers (n = 5). However, staffing will be challenged, thereby limiting the ability to sustain care for the long-term, with the highest anticipated number (n = 15).
- 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: No, about 2-3 times more testing is needed for Brookings County.
b. Suppression Level: No, test positivity is 11%-30%, which is above the 3% test positivity needed for suppression.
c. Approximate Time to Receive Test Results: 1 to 2 days
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COVID-19: Brookings Epidemiology Weekly Video
UPDATED: January 4, 2021
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COVID-19: Local, Regional, and National Weekly Summary
UPDATED: January 23, 2021
Brookings County:
- Substantial spread
- 10 new cases (total = 3,363 confirmed + probable) (7-day average of new cases per day = 11)
- 213 active cases
- 7-d average test positivity among people tested = 30% (10% for 7-d average based on the number of tests done; WHO recommends this to be less than 5%)
- 1 new hospitalization (total = 116 people ever hospitalized)
- No deaths (total = 32 deaths)
- Brookings Hospital as of 6pm last night (could include non-residents of Brookings County): 1 COVID beds occupied, 0 COVID ICU beds occupied
- 4.5% of Brookings County residents have received at least one vaccine
South Dakota:
- 247 new cases (total = 106,953) (7-d average for number of new cases/day = 241)
- 4,021 active cases
- 7-day average test positivity among people tested = 29% (7% for 7-d average based on the total tests done). The WHO recommends this to be less than 5%
- 18 new hospitalizations (total = 6,177 people ever hospitalized) (7-d average for new admissions/day = 20)
- 172 people currently hospitalized in South Dakota (42 in the ICU). This number does not include South Dakotans who are transferred to hospitals outside of South Dakota
- 12 deaths reported (total = 1,696) (7-d average for deaths/day = 9)
- 6.2% of South Dakotans have received at least one vaccine
USA:
- 22.7 million cases: 1.79 million new cases this week vs. 1.47 million in previous week
- 381,483 total deaths: 22,798 deaths this week vs. 18,764 in previous week
Worldwide:
- 90.0 million cases: 5.09 million cases this week vs. 4.26 million in previous week
- 1.93 million deaths: 90,606 deaths this week vs. 73,238 in previous week
COVID-19: Rankings (Top 10 Most Populous South Dakota Counties)
UPDATED: January 24, 2021
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COVID-19: Daily Data
UPDATED: January 24, 2021
Source: Bonny Specker, Ph. D., South Dakota State University, Division of Research and Economic Development
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COVID-19: Weekly Data
UPDATED: January 20, 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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