Claim: A post shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook claims South Dakota has the lowest number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants as well as the lowest job losses in the US, while not having instituted a lockdown. This is misleading; cases in the prairie state surpassed the rate claimed in the post months earlier, though it has managed to keep its unemployment rate relatively low compared to most states.
Fact-check: South Dakota does not have the lowest coronavirus rate in the US
Verdict: partly false
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2020-07-23T22:07:00