Area COVID cases on the rise

After several months of few or no active COVID-19 cases in Dewey and Ziebach counties, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) Field Health reports cases in the two-county area have doubled in the past week up to 22.

According to the report, 10 of the active cases are in Red Scaffold while seven are in Eagle Butte. The communities of Timber Lake and White Horse have two cases each and there is one in Dup…