This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: On Saturday, 1,144 new total coronavirus cases were announced.

(KELO) — Thirty-six new COVID-19 deaths were announced along with a drop in active cases in Saturday’s update from the South Dakota Department of Health.

On Saturday, 1,144 new total coronavirus cases were announced bringing the state’s total case count to 72,214, up from Friday (71,070).

Total recovered cases are now at 54,570, up 2,648 from Friday (51,922).

Active cases are now at 16,867, down from Friday (18,407).

Total hospitalizations are now at 4,052, up from Friday (3,993).

The latest 7-day all test positivity rate, reported by the DOH, is 15.8 percent.

Since the pandemic arrived in Minnesota in March, the state’s pandemic tallies include 262,952 positive cases, 14,745 hospitalizations and 3,201 deaths.