Of The Several States Surrounding South Dakota, South Dakota Had Least Number Of New Covid-Related Deaths; Iowa Had 14X As Many As South Dakota Reported Yesterday -- September 18, 2020

Link here.

Sturgis Rally: August 7 - August 16, 2020.

At link above, set "search" for "yesterday."

Number of cases means absolutely nothing.

Number of deaths associated with Covid-19 "means more" but numbers are incredibly questionable. Criteria for diagnosis varies across jurisdiction.

But be that as it may, new deaths in last 24 hours:

• Montana: 2
• Wyoming: 3
• North Dakota: 5 -- 5x as many as South Dakota;
  
• South Dakota: 1
• Nebraska: 3
• Iowa: 14 --- OUCH!
  
• Minnesota: 9 -- 9x as many as South Dakota;
  

Deaths per million population, and (ranking among 50 states and DC):

• Iowa: 397 (23) -- ranking unchanged
  
• Minnesota: 354 (27)  -- ranking unchanged
  
• North Dakota: 239 (37) -- moved up from 38 this week (bad)
  
• Nebraska: 227 (39) -- ranking unchanged
  
• South Dakota: 217 (40) -- ranking unchanged
  
• Montana: 132 (45) -- ranking unchanged
  
• Wyoming: 79 (49) -- ranking unchanged