Thought people might want to know this – the costs for a hospital stay for COVID-19 have been estimated to be $73,000 if you are uninsured or out-of-network, while costs for insured people and in-network are $38,000 (https://www.fairhealth.org/article/costs-for-a-hospital-stay-for-covid-19).
Today’s report:
Brookings
- 8 new cases (total = 1,231; lowest number of cases in a day since Oct. 6th)
- 309 active cases
- 7-d average test positivity among people tested = 28%
- 1 new hospitalization (total = 31 people ever hospitalized)
- No new deaths (total = 2)
South Dakota
- 621 new cases (total = 34,457, record high for 7-day average of 731 new cases/day)
- 8,441 active cases (record high)
- 7-day average test positivity among people tested = 36%
- 47 new hospitalizations (total = 2,193)
- 329 people currently hospitalized (record high)
- 7 new deaths (total = 330; record high for 7-day average of 6 deaths/day)
Wear a mask & protect others-