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. ...

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’s covid-19 numbers have been terrible, ... The only days in which deaths nationwide eclipsed 4,000 were all in January 2021, long after South Dakota’s pandemic spread had subsided.

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, ...

The COVID-19 death toll throughout the pandemic is at 3,014 in South Dakota. According to Wednesday’s update to the South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths are up 12 ...

Medical experts in South Dakota and across the country are concerned that reluctance among some people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 may prolong the pandemic, delay a return to normal life ...

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 ...

South Dakota received nearly $14 billion in federal COVID-19 funding from March 2020 through January, according to an internal state fiscal report obtained exclusively by South Dakota News Watch.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem touted her state’s low unemployment rate in a Friday afternoon tweet, noting it’s pre-pandemic standing as she ... when it comes to COVID-19, ...

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 ...

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 ...