SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials have reported all-time highs for the toll of the coronavirus with 13 deaths and 747 more people who tested positive. State epidemiologist Josh Clayton says communities statewide _ from cities to rural areas _ are seeing significant levels of the virus.
He noted that that 245 of the infections reported were backlogged from previous days after a reporting error.
One of the largest outbreaks came from a women’s prison in Pierre as mass testing revealed that 29 more women in one housing unit had the virus.
A total of 197 prisoners and staff have tested positive and 110 have recovered.