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But the month of September looked more like that original model. Nearly two-thirds of the state’s counties saw a doubling of their positive cases. Hospitalizations hit a record, though well below the thousands estimated in April.
The start of October on Thursday continued the trend, with record one-day positive case reports, along with record deaths and recoveries.
Throughout the state, the number of people who tested positive for the disease increased by nearly 66% in September. But some counties saw much higher levels of disease transmission.
Large increases last month weren’t exclusive to smaller, rural counties. Codington County saw an increase of 181%, 318 cases on Aug. 31 to 894 on Wednesday. In contrast, Minnehaha County cases increased by 29%.
Infections increased 645% in Tripp County, from 22 to 164. Thursday, the Department of Health reported that county’s first fatality. Tripp County Commissioner Mike Novotny said he wasn’t aware of a specific event that contributed to his county’s increases.
Do people not understand that unless we get an effective vaccine taken by a large percentage of our population, that over time it WILL spread throughout the population. You can wear a mask, social distance, and wash your hands (all good things to do) but sooner or later you will likely be exposed (unless you never leave your house and have no contact with humans).
Just yesterday a lady I know well tested positive. She was taken aback as she has always taken reasonable precautions to prevent exposure.....yet she still got it.
The cases there have just surged recently, so many South Dakotans are getting sicker by the day. This while people Vermont has just one hospitalization.
She has been bragging about South Dakota being opened since March.
Kristi Noem treated COVID-19 like it didn't exist and now 250 South Dakotans are overwhelming the hospital capacity there compared to just 1 in Vermont which took the worst pandemic since 1918 very seriously.
It looks like it was has been unusually warm in South Dakota but later this month and through the winter, South Dakotans will be inside packed in poorly ventilated schools and colleges.
Look at the graphs for each state, SD didn't get hit until now, VT got hit early. Regardless, it's still just a freaking cold!
ER WHAT!?!!!! statement of the day.
Pretty much everyone is going to get it. Treatments have improved quite a bit from March. It will be interesting to see how much NY NJ and LA surge this fall to see how much resistance is built into populations over time.
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Kristi Noem's South Dakota reports 250 COVID-19 hospitalizations compared to just 1 in Vermont
