At least seven Covid-19 cases in the Panhandle region of Nebraska are linked to the rally, Kim Engel, director of the Panhandle Public Health District, confirmed in an email to CNN.
The department said tracing of contacts had been completed, and declined to comment further.
The person was an employee of Asylum Tattoo Sturgis, and was able to spread the virus to others on August 13-17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., officials said.
Anyone who visited the tattoo parlor or salon located at the same address during the period should check for symptoms 14 days after the visit.
Rally had caused concern
Health experts were worried that Sturgis’ motorcycle rally could be a “super spreader” event this year. The 10-day mass rally typically draws crowds of more than 500,000 people from across the country, including coronavirus hotspots.
Many of those present did not follow health guidelines such as wearing masks and keeping their distance from others, as seen at a concert for the rock band Smash Mouth.
“There are people all over America who have been locked up for months and months,” Daniel Ainslie, the city manager, told CNN last week. “That we’re always heard from people saying it does not matter, they’re coming to Sturgis. So with the decision, the council finally decided that it was really for the community to be prepared for the extra people we’ll end up with. have. “
South Dakota reported 193 new cases Friday. It is one of several U.S. states that have seen an increase in new cases this past week compared to the week before, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
CNN’s Eric Levenson and Christina Maxouris contributed to this report.
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