PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — The number of positive coronavirus cases in South Dakota rose to thirty, with new cases reported in Beadle and Brookings Counties.
Governor Kristi Noem says she is extending her executive order for state employees.
Noem also ordered the K-12 school closure extended.
Noem, who earlier said that up to thirty percent of people in the state could become infected, said people shouldn’t panic when the positive numbers jump.
Beadle County now has thirteen positive cases, with five in Minnehaha and two in Davison and McCook Counties.
(Jerry Oster, WNAX, contributed this report.)
