PIERRE — The South Dakota Department of Health announced Wednesday it is suspending regular press conferences to discuss the status of Covid-19 in South Dakota. But according to South Dakota State Epidemiologist Dr. Josh Clayton, the pandemic is not over yet…
Clayton says health officials believe hitting the 70-percent vaccination goal will happen…
Clayton says there is concern that without the herd immunity of widespread vaccine acceptance Covid-19 may flare up again in the fall…
Clayton says of the 372 reported breakthrough cases of vaccinated people getting Covid-19 only 53 required hospital care and 11 have died out of 335-thousand 868 people.