When the first surge of COVID-19 hit in March, statistical models at that time showed the possibility of up to one hundred thirty thousand people in South Dakota being infected by July first. Total positive tests now number about eighty-five hundred.
Doug Ekeren, President of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton and Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell, says while they don’t expect those high numbers now, they are prepared…
Ekeren says they continue to see coronavirus cases..
Ekeren says they screen all patients coming into their facilities..
Over one hundred thousand people in South Dakota have now been tested for coronavirus.
