Saturday COVID-19 numbers in South Dakota: 90 new state cases, 48 linked to Smithfield Foods

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Overnight, the Cass County Health Department saw a major jump in Tyson employees testing positive. “So far we’ve tested well over one thousand people,” Cass County Health Department Administrator Serenity Alter said.
The health department expects to see a lot more employees from the Tyson plant testing positive in the coming days.

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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Monday will begin accepting applications for the new pandemic unemployment assistance program that extends benefits to a range of previously uncovered workers and people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. After creating a new claims system independent from the one that processes applications for Colorado’s standard unemployment insurance program, the labor department is hopeful it will be able to handle the needs.

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Asian stock markets suffered a sharp downturn today as the deaths and infections from China's Coronavirus keep rising. Australian shares declined 1.3 percent, while South Korean stocks declined by 3 percent, with Chinese stocks hit the hardest by a 4 percent decline. Investors are reportedly worried about the economic fallout from the virus and pulling money out of state bonds.

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Amazon has requested the court to issue a halt judgment on Microsoft's contract with the Pentagon, worth over 10 billion USD over 10 years. Amazon was initially favored to win the bid, which involves transitioning the Department of Defense's data to a cloud-based storage and analysis system. The contract was instead awarded to Microsoft, a decision which has been challenged in courts by Amazon.

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