October 18, 2020 Data Report

Hot spots from: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/south-dakota-coronavirus-cases.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Facts for today:

Brookings

• 44 new cases (total = 1,199; 7-day average = 31/day [record high])
• 317 active cases (record high) 
• Test positivity using number of people tested as the denominator (7-d average) = 35% 
• 2 new hospital admissions (n = 30 people ever hospitalized, 4 currently hospitalized) 
• No new deaths (total = 2)

South Dakota 

• 658 new cases (total = 33,269; 7-d average = 672/day [record high])
• 8,012 active cases (record high)
• Test positivity using number of people tested as the denominator (7-d average) = 36% 
• 42 new hospital admissions (total ever hospitalized = 2,119; 7-d average = 36/day)
• 300 people currently hospitalized (down from a high of 304 people on 10/15/20)
• 8 new deaths (total = 323)

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