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By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2021-06-04
According to the latest CDC coronavirus data, From May 26 through June 1, South Dakota reported just 1.1 deaths from covid-19 per 100,000 population. That’s a lot better than the 13 to 14 per 100K per week we were seeing last November, but it still leaves us among the ten states with the worst current weekly coronavirus death rates (Wisconsin is worst at 2.0 deaths/100K). During that last weekly reporting period, Sioux Falls saw 0.7 deaths per 100K and Rapid City saw 1.4.
Meanwhile, the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metro area saw 0.6 deaths from coronavirus per 100K of its larger (4.7 million) and denser population. Over the entire pandemic so far, the Metro by the Bay has seen 82 deaths per 100K, versus 194 per 100K in Sioux Falls, 163 per 100K in Rapid City, and over 100 per 100K in all nine of South Dakota’s other biggest towns and 228 per 100K across South Dakota.
Dr. Bob Wachter joined
Ryan Seacrest on-air again to answer more of our questions as the world continues to navigate the shift from the global COVID-19 pandemic to pre-pandemic life.
In a major step toward returning to normalcy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people last week, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings. If you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask,
President Biden said, summarizing the new guidance and encouraging more Americans to get their shots. Get vaccinated - or wear a mask until you do.