Of the 216 tests reported Tuesday, 37%, or 80 of them, came back positive. There have been 11,505 positive tests in the state during the pandemic and 1,530 of them are considered active infections – down 40 from Monday.

The low number of tests was evident in the counties around Rapid City.

Pennington County received 16 tests back and 12 (75%) were positive. There have been 1,082 positive tests in the county and 179 of them are still active – up six from Monday and the highest number of active cases since June 15.

Meade County reported six new cases on 19 tests. Seventy of the 176 cases in Meade County are still active infections. Lawrence County reported five new cases on nine tests. Fifty-seven of the 125 cases in that county are still active. In Custer County, four of the 12 tests returned Tuesday were positive. There are 47 active infections there out of 90 total cases. Butte County reported two positive tests out of three returned. Twelve of the 31 total cases there are active. 

Oglala-Lakota and Fall River counties reported no new cases on 16 total tests.

Minnehaha County reported 14 new cases to lead South Dakota again. Brookings County added seven new infections and Brown County six. Clay and Davison counties each reported four new cases and Beadle and Lincoln counties added three each. Spink, Union and Yankton counties reported two new cases and Gregory, Perkins, Todd and Turner counties each added one.