As the number of COVID cases continues to climb across South Dakota, healthcare providers have remained on the frontlines dealing with the terrible effects the pandemic has left on family and friends.
As of Monday afternoon, there were 18,139 active cases of COVID within the state, many of those cases have required medical treatment of some kind.
The South Dakota Department of Health reported that as of Monday, 560 patients were hospitalized statewide with the virus. Almost 3,700 patients have been hospitalized throughout the pandemic. That is a number that has severely burdened the healthcare systems nationwide. Prairie Lakes Healthcare System in Watertown is no exception. Prairie Lakes Healthcare President and CEO, K.C. DeBoer says the hospital, during the last month, has been exceptionally busy as they work to treat their large number of patients…