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White House Coronavirus Task Force says SD is a COVID-19 Hotspot

White House Coronavirus Task Force says SD is a COVID-19 Hotspot

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A report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force says South Dakota had the second highest rate of new cases in the country and was in the red zone for positive test rates.

The report says the state had two hundred thirty five new cases per one hundred thousand population compared to a national average of eighty eight per hundred thousand.

Health Department Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon says they are following all CDC pandemic guidelines…

Malsam-Rysdon says they continue to monitor the positive test rates..

Malsam-Rysdon says they continue to increase the number of coronavirus tests across the state….

So far over two hundred thirteen thousand virus tests have been conducted since the pandemic began in the spring.

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