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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Medical directors from Sioux Falls two major health systems Thursday say that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has push...

Sanford Health and Avera Health urge the public to take preventative steps against the omicron variant of COVID-19. To combat the current surge in the coronavirus pandemic, officials recommend vaccination, masks, and utilizing at-home test kits.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Medical directors from Sioux Falls two major health systems Thursday say that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has push...

In the next couple of weeks, Avera Health is expecting a potential surge of over 300 COVID inpatients in its h...

They say the surging pandemic is stressing health systems by not only sending more people to the hospital, but also by taking staff away who are either sick with COVID-19, recovering, or have to stay home as caregivers because the virus has closed child care centers.

As active cases rise across South Dakota, thats putting a strain on COVID-19 testing in Sioux Falls.

While Sanford Health continues to treat non-COVID-19 patients with non-urgent conditions at its Sioux Falls hospital, Avera Health is pushing any non-urgent procedures, especially those requiring an overnight stay, to the spring to make room for the surge in COVID-19 patients.

The fast moving variant has swept around the world, with the first omicron case in the United States reported on Dec. 1.

Today's (Dec. 17, 2021) update from the South Dakota Department of Health shows there are around 250 (254) Sou...

South Dakota’s largest hospital system warned on Wednesday that they were nervous and delayed medical services as the state’s hospitals were crowded with the