Child protection advocates are worried that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in child-abuse cases in South Dakota and that the abuse of children was more severe than in the past.

South Dakota's state epidemiologist, Dr. Joshua Clayton, ... "Right now, I would consider us to be in the delta wave of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ...

COVID-19 in South Dakota: 171 total new cases; Death … Dr. Clayton said the future of the pandemic comes down to how many people receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

State health officials and health system leaders are now familiar faces of the pandemic response in South Dakota, ... What lessons has the state learned from COVID-19? Vaccine Tracker ...

South Dakota gripped by pandemic as governor resists mask mandate 01:32. South Dakota has reported more COVID-19 deaths per capita over the last week than anywhere else in the country, and it has ...

In 26th place, South Dakota came in right in the middle of the pack for pandemic-related deaths per 100,000 people with 14, according to health care business website Becker’s Hospital Review ...

South Dakota has consistently broken records in recent weeks related ... hospitalizations and the number of COVID-19 deaths. ... Noem spoke after South Dakota's worst month yet during the pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit South Dakota restaurants harder than just about any other industry in the state. Six months into the pandemic, with the state economy mostly open for business, ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a Fox News interview on Tuesday that, thanks to her state’s “unique” approach to the coronavirus pandemic, they “got through it better than ...

South Dakota may be past the worst of this COVID-19 surge. New coronavirus cases in the state are on the wane; vaccines are perhaps weeks away for nursing home residents at Tieszen and elsewhere. All ...

Retail liquor sales increased dramatically across South Dakota during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to state tax data. Some residents purchased more out of boredom, whereas others turned to ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a Fox News interview on Tuesday that, thanks to her state’s “unique” approach to the coronavirus pandemic, they “got through it better than ...