SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Contact tracers in South Dakota haven’t received any help yet from the state’s COVID-19 mobile app.
State Health Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon said over 18,000 South Dakotans have downloaded the app as of Monday, but none came down with a case of the coronavirus the app could trace.
“We have not had any individuals who had tested positive who had also enabled the CARE19 location services,” Malsam-Rysdon said. “So we are still waiting for that to happen.”
Gov. Kristi Noem announced the app’s launch in South Dakota on April 9, encouraging people to voluntarily sign up. She stressed the app’s privacy procections, saying the app was anonymous and users could delete their data at any time.
(KELO.com News Director Todd Epp contributed to this report.)
