The Sturgis Rally is in Sturgis, South Dakota at the far western end of Meade County. This year the rally ran from August 6-15.
The main graphic above shows an incredible spike just one week later — far higher than the spike in 2020.
These are the cases in the area for August 1 — before the rally: (Sturgis is located at the first S)
And here are the cases in the area for August 21:
Things will probably get worse in the coming weeks. The positivity rate of 27.8% means there are a lot more cases not being tested. An infection rate (Rt) of 1.6 means there is a lot of virus floating around.
So anyone who attended Sturgis may have brought COVID home with them.