SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Hospitalizations from COVID-19 in South Dakota have reached new heights for the fourth straight day.
The number of daily new cases also set a record, with 1,270 people testing positive for the virus.
The virus has surged in the state and region, sending South Dakota to the nation’s second-worst ranking in new cases per capita over the last two weeks.
Johns Hopkins researchers report that one out of roughly every 77 people in the state has tested positive in the last two weeks.
The wave of cases has resulted in 412 people who are currently hospitalized with the virus.