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Covid-19 Infections Surging

Covid-19 Infections Surging

Liz Healy Photo: WNAX


Covid-19 infections related to the Delta variant are surging across the country and the region.

Liz Healy, infection control specialist at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton says they have seen the PCR positive test rate rise over the past three weeks from about three percent to nearly sixteen percent…

Healy says the vaccination rate is also stalling…

Healy says that means more people will be gathering inside…

The latest update from the state Department of Health shows seventy one active infections in Yankton County and over five thousand across the state.

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