Hospitalizations from COVID-19 have hit their highest points recently throughout the Midwest, where the growth in new cases has been the worst in the nation.But that's not the message coming from a number of Republican governors in the region, who are working to find silver linings in the ominous health data as outbreaks surge in their states.“In South Dakota, we didn’t take a one-size-fits-all approach and the results have been incredible,” Gov.
Kristi Noem told lawmakers in her state, which Johns Hopkins University says ranks second in the country for new cases per capita.