December 28, 2022: COVID Weekly Data Update

Influenza

The increase in the number of flu cases this past week slowed down a little but is still increasing.  There have been 9,571 cases diagnosed this flu season, with 350 hospitalizations and 8 deaths.   The graph below was from the South Dakota Epi Listserv.  Additional information on the flu in South Dakota, as well as how to sign up to receive the weekly Epi Listserv email, can be found here. 

Updates:

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Just a reminder that numbers are typically underreported during weeks that include holidays. 

Brookings County (low community level; high community transmission [% test positivity = 28% vs. 31% last week])

• Only 15.3% of people 18 years of age and older in Brookings County have received the updated bivalent booster (link to data here). 
• 9,214 total cases:  11 new cases this week vs. 24 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
  • 36% were under 20 years of age (vs. 12% in previous week)
  • 27% were 20-39 years (vs. 46% in previous week)
  • 0% were 40-59 years (vs. 17% in previous week)
  • 36% were 60 years or older (vs. 25% in previous week)
• 247 Brookings County residents have been hospitalized with COVID: no new hospitalizations posted this past week compared to 1 in the previous week. 
• Currently, the percentage of staffed beds that are COVID-occupied in the Sioux Empire region is 4.2% (compared to 4.3% last week), and 31.6% of the total hospital beds are available (compared to 22.3% last week).
• 62 Brookings County residents have died of COVID:  no deaths were reported this past week compared to no deaths in the previous week.

South Dakota (low community level; high community transmission [% test positivity = 20-24% vs. 20-24% last week])

• Only 18.1% of people 18 years of age and older in South Dakota have received the updated bivalent booster (link to data here). 
• 271,856 cases: 423 new cases this week vs. 624 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
  • 15% were under 20 years of age (vs. 20% in previous week)
  • 29% were 20-39 years (vs. 29% in previous week)
  • 21% were 40-59 years (vs. 19% in previous week)
  • 35% were 60 years or older (vs. 32% in previous week)
• 12,213 South Dakota residents have been admitted to in-state hospitals with COVID: 24 were admitted to in-state hospitals this week vs. 28 last week. Of the new hospital admissions this past week:
  • 16% were under 20 years of age (vs. 11% in previous week)
  • 13% were 20-39 years (vs. 3% in previous week)
  •   0% were 40-59 years (vs. 11% in previous week)
  • 71% were 60 years or older (vs. 75% in previous week)
• 64 people are currently hospitalized vs. 83 last Wednesday (6 currently in the ICU vs. 6 last week).
• Currently, the percentage of staffed beds statewide that are COVID-occupied is 3.1% (compared to 3.7% last week), and 39.1% of the total hospital beds are available (compared to 35.5% last week).
• 3,118 South Dakotans have died from COVID:  2 new deaths reported this week vs. 1 in the previous week.  The two deaths were in people aged 60 years or older.

USA

• 102.3 million cases:  441,394 new cases this week vs. 446,074 in the previous week
• 1.11 million total deaths:  2,557 deaths this week vs. 3,247 in the previous week

Worldwide

• 663.0 million cases: 3.84 million cases this week vs. 4.37 million in the previous week
• 6.68 million deaths: 13,206 deaths this week vs. 14,390 in the previous week 

Take care of yourself and each other and have a happy new year.