Blog Post Date: Sep 30th, 2020
Blog Post Updated: Nov 13th, 2020
This is a continuation of the previous blog post that explored the spread of the Corona Virus during / after the Super Spreader events
Here you can see the cases / deaths at Sturgis (Meade county) and the 4 neighboring counties (Butte, Custer, Lawrence, Pennington) at the Data analytics site and you can see the daily changes.
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvuSuperSpreaders
Cases and Deaths Snapshot on Sep 29th: Total cases in the 5 counties have gone up about 250% since the Sturgis rally
| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Cases This Week | Last Week | 2 Weeks Ago | Deaths This week | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butte | 106 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Custer | 186 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence | 418 | 5 | 76 | 52 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| Meade | 548 | 5 | 73 | 70 | 59 | 1 | 1 |
| Pennington | 2365 | 37 | 324 | 200 | 199 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 3623 | 52 | 513 | 354 | 308 | 6 | 3 |
Cases and Deaths Snapshot on Aug 28th: You can see 100% to 350% weekly growth in cases in all 5 counties compared to the snapshot on Aug 9th
| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Cases This Week | Last Week | 2 Weeks Ago | Deaths This week | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butte | 41 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Custer | 104 | 0 | 46 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence | 171 | 2 | 88 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| Meade | 247 | 1 | 120 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennington | 1211 | 33 | 236 | 49 | 63 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1774 | 37 | 509 | 136 | 104 | 1 | 2 |
Cases and Deaths Snapshot on Aug 9th
| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Cases This Week | Last Week | 2 Weeks Ago | Deaths This week | Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butte | 17 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Custer | 35 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence | 55 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Meade | 94 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennington | 891 | 32 | 65 | 65 | 58 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 1092 | 34 | 128 | 125 | 71 | 3 | 3 |
How far did this spread from South Dakota?
South Dakota and all its neighboring states have seen a surge in COVID cases - Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa etc., all keep breaking its cases records every few days. It is very difficult to know exactly how much of the spread in all these states is a direct result of Sturgis. But that rally certainly played a huge part in the spread.
Nov 13th Update (minor)
SD and its Neighboring Midwestern and western states are setting cases records almost on a daily basis.
Most of these states are at 100% ICU Capacity
You can see the progression of the cases and deaths records here for each of the Midwest States and the West States.
Worst performing states by cases per million (CPM)
- The worst 12 states are all Red states; 18 of the worst 20 are Red states
- Only 2 of the top 20 are blue states - NV and NY
- The Sturgis effect can be seen here - SD and some of its neighboring states or states close by have surged into the top 15.
- SD, ND are the two worst states by CPM;
Case and Death Patterns by State
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvupattern
Worst performing states by 2 weeks case growth
- Lists all states with a 45% or higher case growth
- 7 Blue states and 8 Red states (most of the red states are here because of the Sturgis effect - WY, MT, UT, WI, SD, ID, KS)
Worst performing states by 4 weeks case growth
- Lists all states with a 100% or higher case growth
- 1 Blue state and 4 Red states (all 4 red states are here because of the Sturgis effect)
Sep 24th: SD has just set new records in the number of people hospitalized, new cases, & overall active cases.
With a 36% spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the last week, the state now has the highest per-capita rate of hospitalizations in the US.
"South Dakota has just set new records in the number of people hospitalized, new cases, and overall active cases.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 24, 2020
With a 36% spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the last week, the state now has the highest per-capita rate of hospitalizations in the US."https://t.co/8HjrD9Squ5 https://t.co/auc2o34dt7
Sep 28th: WI, WY, ND, SD all have record hospitalizations
Wisconsin hospitalizations set new records 7 days in a row last week.
South Dakota’s hospitalizations set records 6 of the last 7 days.
Wyoming and North Dakota also had record numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations last week.
"Wisconsin hospitalizations set new records 7 days in a row last week.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 28, 2020
South Dakota’s hospitalizations set records 6 of the last 7 days.
Wyoming and North Dakota also had record numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations last week."https://t.co/3TlV9ZvReh