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Health Care Facilities Continue to see Covid-19 Patients

Health Care Facilities Continue to see Covid-19 Patients

Liz Healy Photo: WNAX


Health care facilities are still seeing a steady number of people with Covid-19 infections.

Liz Healy with Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton says they continue to have people coming in….

Healy says the symptoms patients are reporting have changed…..

Healy says it appears that vaccinations are keeping the disease from getting much worse…..

Healy says they are concerned about another surge in Covid-19 infections when school starts in a few weeks.

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