And they are dying in denial of Covid: and Yes living in denial sometimes kills

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The results have been devastating health-wise. South Dakota has averaged more than 1,400 new coronavirus cases per day over the past week in a state with about 885,000 people. Adjusted for population, it's the second-highest number of new average cases in the country. The state's seven-day positivity rate is a stunning 58%, and more people are hospitalized per capita than in any other state, according to the Covid Tracking Project.

Jodi Doering, a nurse at a South Dakota emergency room, said some people dying at the hospital are still in denial about the virus.

"They don't want to believe that Covid is real," she said. "Their last dying words are, 'This can't be happening. It's not real.' "