As a the Delta variant continues to spread, new cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in the United States. There were an average of 35.9 new daily cases of the virus for every 100,000 Americans in the past week, up from an average of 19.6 new daily cases per 100,000 the week before.
In total, about 34,564,000 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the United States since the first known infection was identified on Jan. 21, 2020.
In keeping with the national trend, new daily cases are increasing in South Dakota. Over the past week, there were an average of 7.5 new daily cases of the coronavirus for every 100,000 people across the state, compared to 3.2 new daily cases per 100,000 people the week prior.
Nationwide, the average number of new daily infections has increased in 50 states over the past week. Of all states, South Dakota reported the 46th largest uptick in average new infections per day over the last week.
The current average daily infection rate in South Dakota ranks as the fourth lowest of all 50 states.
Since March 10, 2020, when the first coronavirus case was identified in South Dakota, about 125,200 state residents tested positive for the virus. South Dakota, home to about 0.3% of the U.S. population, accounts for about 0.4% of all known COVID-19 cases nationwide to date. Among all states, South Dakota has the third most cumulative COVID-19 cases on a per capita basis.
Nationwide, there have been 607,095 COVID-19 related deaths to date — and 2,043 of them have been in South Dakota. South Dakota’s coronavirus death per capita rate currently stands at 232 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 186 deaths per 100,000.
All COVID-19 data used in this story is current as of August 1, 2021. It is important to note that in some states, weekly infection rates may include cases of the virus that occurred earlier but were not previously counted.
| Rank | State | Change in new case rate | Avg. new daily cases per 100,000 ppl last week | Avg. new daily cases per 100,000 ppl 2 weeks ago | Total confirmed cases to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | 67.3 | 110.4 | 43.0 | 531,952 |
| 2 | Florida | 55.5 | 97.3 | 41.8 | 2,551,923 |
| 3 | Mississippi | 45.3 | 72.0 | 26.8 | 341,862 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 42.4 | 81.3 | 38.9 | 379,726 |
| 5 | Alabama | 33.2 | 56.3 | 23.2 | 580,193 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 26.6 | 48.8 | 22.2 | 478,858 |
| 7 | Nevada | 22.8 | 50.1 | 27.3 | 353,746 |
| 8 | Missouri | 22.6 | 58.7 | 36.1 | 672,586 |
| 9 | Alaska | 22.5 | 44.6 | 22.1 | 71,757 |
| 10 | Georgia | 21.3 | 34.3 | 13.0 | 1,171,233 |
| 11 | Kansas | 20.0 | 37.0 | 17.0 | 330,932 |
| 12 | South Carolina | 19.9 | 31.2 | 11.3 | 613,507 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 18.5 | 31.1 | 12.5 | 479,431 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 18.5 | 30.1 | 11.6 | 888,745 |
| 15 | Texas | 16.6 | 29.4 | 12.8 | 3,088,316 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 15.7 | 25.8 | 10.0 | 1,041,609 |
| 17 | California | 15.1 | 83.1 | 68.0 | 3,978,336 |
| 18 | Utah | 14.4 | 34.0 | 19.6 | 430,143 |
| 19 | Washington | 12.1 | 21.7 | 9.5 | 471,489 |
| 20 | Oregon | 11.2 | 19.4 | 8.2 | 217,690 |
| 21 | Idaho | 11.1 | 21.7 | 10.5 | 199,516 |
| 22 | Arizona | 11.1 | 26.3 | 15.2 | 921,445 |
| 23 | Wyoming | 11.0 | 27.2 | 16.2 | 64,623 |
| 24 | Illinois | 10.7 | 17.5 | 6.8 | 1,415,572 |
| 25 | Indiana | 10.0 | 18.1 | 8.1 | 768,624 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 9.8 | 16.5 | 6.6 | 228,086 |
| 27 | Colorado | 9.7 | 19.0 | 9.2 | 572,854 |
| 28 | New Mexico | 9.3 | 17.0 | 7.7 | 209,684 |
| 29 | Wisconsin | 8.4 | 12.8 | 4.4 | 685,018 |
| 30 | Iowa | 8.1 | 14.4 | 6.4 | 378,916 |
| 31 | Virginia | 8.0 | 13.8 | 5.9 | 693,206 |
| 32 | Rhode Island | 7.9 | 13.3 | 5.4 | 153,954 |
| 33 | Hawaii | 7.9 | 16.8 | 9.0 | 39,392 |
| 34 | West Virginia | 7.3 | 12.3 | 5.0 | 166,493 |
| 35 | Massachusetts | 6.9 | 11.7 | 4.8 | 717,944 |
| 36 | Montana | 6.8 | 13.5 | 6.6 | 115,665 |
| 37 | Connecticut | 6.7 | 11.3 | 4.6 | 353,505 |
| 38 | New York | 6.5 | 12.3 | 5.8 | 2,142,112 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 5.9 | 10.0 | 4.1 | 611,458 |
| 40 | North Dakota | 5.8 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 111,486 |
| 41 | New Jersey | 5.5 | 11.3 | 5.8 | 1,035,975 |
| 42 | Ohio | 5.2 | 10.2 | 5.0 | 1,125,420 |
| 43 | Michigan | 5.1 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 1,009,327 |
| 44 | Delaware | 4.6 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 111,016 |
| 45 | Maryland | 4.4 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 467,435 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 4.3 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 125,216 |
| 47 | Maine | 4.1 | 8.4 | 4.3 | 70,261 |
| 48 | New Hampshire | 3.4 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 100,465 |
| 49 | Pennsylvania | 3.1 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 1,222,302 |
| 50 | Vermont | 2.8 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 23,176 |
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