SC reports more than 15,000 new COVID-19 cases over 6 days

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported a total of 15,358 new COVID-19 cases over the most recent six days that reports are available.

State health officials say the cases were reported from the holiday period starting from Dec. 22 to this past Monday.

COUNTY - From Dec. 22 to Dec. 27	TOTAL CASES	TOTAL DEATHS
Beaufort County	294	2
Berkeley County	459	1
Charleston County	1,685	1
Colleton County	39	0
Dorchester County	660	1
Georgetown County	121	0
Williamsburg County	42	1

Since the pandemic began, the state has detected a total of 960,195 cases of COVID-19 and 14,610 deaths in the state from COVID-19.

	CONFIRMED	PROBABLE	TOTAL
Total Cases	763,703	196,492	960,195
Total Deaths	12,633	1,977	14,610

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