Map and Virus

Shown is a map of South Dakota with highly magnified images of the virus that creates COVID-19 scattered throughout. Thursday, South Dakota surpassed the 1,000 mark for deaths due to the coronavirus, reaching the total of 1,064 by Friday. 

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1,064.

That is the number of people who have died due to COVID-19 in the state of South Dakota as reported to the state Department of Health on Friday.

In a state with a population of 884,659 according to a July 2019 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, that means one person out of every 831 people has died from COVID in South Dakota.

Twenty-one people in Hughes County and one person in Stanley County have died due to COVID as of Friday.

Deaths by age are as follows:

Age 80 or older — 607

Age 70-79 — 223

Age 60-69 — 141

Age 50-59 — 59

Age 40-49 — 19

Age 30-39 — 12

Age 20-29 — 3

There are now 78,153 total confirmed cases and 6,245 total probable cases of COVID-19 in the state as of Friday. Of these, 15,925 are active infections. Currently, there are 516 people hospitalized due to COVID in South Dakota.

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