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State-level Metrics

Solid line represents South Dakota 7-day average

New tests Total PCR tests (specimens)

New tests is changing up. The most recent value for New tests was 1275 on Mar 7, and the earlist value for New tests was 2028 on Dec 8. The highest recent value for New tests was 2193 on Mar 6.The lowest recent value for New tests was 312 on Feb 23. Access all chart data

New cases

Cases is changing up. The most recent value for Cases was 211 on Mar 7, and the earlist value for Cases was 538 on Dec 8. The highest recent value for Cases was 232 on Mar 4.The lowest recent value for Cases was 30 on Feb 22. Access all chart data

Current hospitalizations

Hospitalization is changing up. The most recent value for Hospitalization was 72 on Mar 7, and the earlist value for Hospitalization was 491 on Dec 8. The highest recent value for Hospitalization was 102 on Feb 24.The lowest recent value for Hospitalization was 82 on Feb 13. Access all chart data

New deaths

New deaths is changing down. The most recent value for New deaths was 2 on Mar 7, and the earlist value for New deaths was 1 on Dec 8. The highest recent value for New deaths was 8 on Feb 25.0 Access all chart data
Total cases
113,589
Confirmed cases
100,690
Probable cases
12,899
New cases today211
Change over 7 days1%+
Total tests
(test encounters)
Not Reported
Total tests
(specimens)
701,924
Total tests
(people)
428,129

Viral (PCR) tests (HHS data)

Total tests
534,513

Source: CELR data from states provided in line level format

This data is published by HHS. It may differ from state-provided data.

Data as of
Total tests (specimens)
Not Reported
Total tests (people)
Not Reported

Warning: Antigen reporting may significantly understate the true number of tests administered

Total tests (specimens)
Not Reported
Total tests (people)
Not Reported
Now hospitalized
72
Now in ICU
9
Now on ventilator
6
Ever hospitalized
6,705
Ever in ICU
Not Reported
Ever on ventilator
Not Reported

Hospitalization (HHS data)

See this HHS hospitalization data on a map.

Now hospitalized (confirmed + suspected)
67
Now hospitalized (confirmed only)
51
Now in ICU (confirmed + suspected)
11

This data is published by HHS.

Data as of
Hospital discharges
Not Reported
Deaths
1,900

Long-term-care facilities

Total cases
4,802
Total deaths
866
Number of facilities affected
216
Percent of state deaths
from LTC facilities
45.6%
New cases since Feb 251%
New deaths since Feb 250.3%

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Data as of

Vaccinations

Total resident & staff doses administered
12,467
Staff & resident 1st dose administered
8,501
Staff &resident 2nd dose administered
3,955

Vaccinations administered through the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program

Data as of

Race & ethnicity data

We compute the number of cases and deaths per 100k people for each race and ethnicity.

These numbers show the scale of outcomes compared to the size of each group’s population. These are not the number of cases or deaths, rather the proportion of each demographic group who have been affected.

Race & ethnicity: cases per capita

Cases per 100,000 people
Black or African American
14,653
Hispanic or Latino
12,551
Asian
11,734
American Indian or Alaska Native
18,418
White
11,881

(All data is calculated)

Data as of

Race & ethnicity: deaths per capita

Deaths per 100,000 people
Black or African American
41*
Hispanic or Latino
70
Asian
128
American Indian or Alaska Native
361
White
210

(All data is calculated)

* Based on <10 deaths among members of this race/ethnicity. Interpret with caution.

Data as of

Our latest tweets about South Dakota

Our twitter handle is @COVID19Tracking@COVID19Tracking

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These switches caused the totalTestResults field to increase by ~325k (cumulatively). The increases were driven by MI and SD, because our old totalTestResults counted MI positives and SD positives and negatives in units of unique people instead of specimens.

March 5, 2021

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For our API users: Yesterday, we switched totalTestResults to use values from totalTestsViral instead of being calculated from positive+negative in 4 states: IL, ME, MI, and SD.

March 5, 2021

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20 states provided no update: AK, CA, CT, DC, ID, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MP, NC, ND, NH, OH, RI, SC, SD, UT, VT. 7 other states made partial updates.

December 26, 2020

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The past few days have brought an important new set of metrics to state dashboards: vaccine data! So far, we’ve learned of six states—ID, MI, OH, SD, TX and UT—that are posting the number of vaccines administered on their dashboards.

December 18, 2020

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NV leads the nation in currently hospitalized patients per million people, followed by SD and AZ, which is close to its own summer peak.

December 12, 2020

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