SD DOH: 266 total new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths statewide January 17, 2021 76 of the 266 total cases are considered as new probable cases. 23 South Dakota residents have died from coronavirus-related complications. The state death toll is now 1,656. 58 confirmed cases were reported West River: 21 in Pennington County, 11 in Meade County, eight in Lawrence County, five in Butte County, four in Perkins County, two each in Custer and Lyman Counties, and one each in Jackson, Jones, Ziebach, Stanley, and Bennett Counties. 22 new probable cases were reported West River: seven in Pennington County, three in Ziebach County, two each in Mellette, Stanley, Fall River, and Oglala Lakota Counties, and one each in Jackson, Dewey, Lawrence, and Todd Counties.