COVID-19

The number of South Dakotans actively infected with COVID-19 has fallen to about 8,000.

The number of South Dakotans actively infected with COVID-19 has fallen to about 8,000.

At the 2022 State of the State address in Pierre, Lt. Governor Larry Rhoden said South Dakota might be one of the only places in the country where unprecedented times have led to such positive results. He was speaking, of course, of our economic vitality and a burgeoning state budget, ripe for legacy investments that could benefit generations of South Dakotans.

Approval for COVID vaccines in younger children has been delayed. What do parents need to know about protecting children younger than five?

The number of South Dakotans infected with COVID-19 has fallen below 20,000. The state Health Department says there are about 17,583 people actively infected with the disease.

The number of South Dakotans infected with COVID-19 continues to drop. The state Health Department says there are about 21,000 people actively infected with the disease.

Protesters marched through downtown Rapid City and rallied in front of the federal courthouse on Monday to demand the release of Leonard Peltier after he contracted COVID-19 in prison. Peltier was convicted for his role in a fatal 1975 shooting on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

South Dakota Mines epidemiologist Elizabeth Racz, Ph.D., joins us for a look at the state's COVID numbers. How many South Dakotans have died from COVID after the availability of vaccines? How has Omicron impacted the infection rate in the state? What do the numbers tell us about what stage of the pandemic we are in?

The number of South Dakotans actively infected with COVID-19 has gone down for over a week. However, the number of

Black Hills residents have a chance to earn a $100 gift card for getting a COVID vaccine and $50 for a booster shot.