SC reports more than 5,000 new COVID cases, 10 deaths

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported a total of 5,911 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

DHEC said the 5,911 new cases include 3,354 confirmed and 2,557 probable cases. A total of 1,335 of those 5,911 cases were reported in Lowcountry counties.

COUNTY	CONFIRMED CASES	PROBABLE CASES	TOTAL NEW CASES
Beaufort County	62	37	99
Berkeley County	87	98	185
Charleston County	277	399	676
Colleton County	15	11	26
Dorchester County	90	185	275
Georgetown County	10	49	59
Williamsburg County	4	11	15

It reported ten deaths, including nine confirmed and one probable death. Beaufort and Berkeley Counties each reported one confirmed death.

The percent positive rate was 20.5%.

DHEC reports data on a 48-hour delay, meaning the numbers released Thursday represented Tuesday’s data.

Since the pandemic began, the state has detected a total of 966,259 cases of COVID-19 and 14,617 deaths in the state from COVID-19.

	CONFIRMED	PROBABLE	TOTAL
Total Cases	767,188	199,071	966,259
Total Deaths	12,640	1,977	14,617

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