SC reports more than 5K new COVID cases

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 5,136 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, marking the fifth straight day cases were below 10,000.

DHEC’s data, which is reported on a 48-hour delay, covered test results received on Tuesday, and listed 3,284 confirmed and 1,852 probable cases.

COUNTY	CONFIRMED CASES	PROBABLE CASES	TOTAL NEW CASES
Beaufort County	133	10	143
Berkeley County	117	65	182
Charleston County	224	148	372
Colleton County	20	4	24
Dorchester County	110	112	222
Georgetown County	24	41	65
Williamsburg County	14	24	38

The data also included 137 deaths, 107 of which were listed as confirmed and 30 were listed as probable. Lowcountry counties reported 11 of those deaths:

COUNTY	CONFIRMED DEATHS	PROBABLE DEATHS	TOTAL
Beaufort County	0	1	1
Berkeley County	3	0	3
Charleston County	2	1	3
Colleton County	1	0	1
Dorchester County	3	0	3

Since the pandemic began, DHEC has reported more than 1.4 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 15,700 deaths.

	CONFIRMED	PROBABLE	TOTAL
Total Cases	1,101,470	298,806	1,400,276
Total Deaths	13,503	2,241	15,744

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