Covid 19
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As state health officials and local care providers continue to monitor an uptick in COVID numbers and other viruses, we are all being urged to be diligent and take normal precautions to avoid getting ourselves or others sick.
Moody County is currently considered among the counties with high community spread of COVID. As of Monday, November 22, there were 51 active cases in the county. Statewide, active COVID-19 infections increased to 6,865, according to the Department of Health.
Kristi Olson, Clinic Manager for with Avera Medical Group Flandreau, said that fortunately the staff there has not seen any positive influenza cases through the hospital or clinic, yet. “We have seen some other SD Department of Health reportable diseases, but not influenza. We also have not seen very much RSV or respiratory infections.”
At the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Clinic, Administrator Cindy Jacobs says they too have seen more cases of COVID and other viruses recently. Most of the COVID cases are in small pockets of largely unvaccinated family or friends, she told The Enterprise. Fortunately, in the dozen or so cases they’ve seen of COVID, there are no hospitalizations and many have been relatively asymptomatic.