SC reports more than 6K new COVID cases

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 6,009 new COVID-19 cases Friday, marking the sixth straight day cases were below 10,000.

DHEC’s data, which is reported on a 48-hour delay, covered test results received on Wednesday, and listed 4,231 confirmed and 1,778 probable cases.

COUNTY	CONFIRMED CASES	PROBABLE CASES	TOTAL NEW CASES
Beaufort County	136	60	196
Berkeley County	133	68	201
Charleston County	222	146	368
Colleton County	20	68	88
Dorchester County	171	77	248
Georgetown County	27	33	60
Williamsburg County	8	21	29

The data also included 47 deaths, 23 of which were listed as confirmed and 24 were listed as probable. Lowcountry counties reported 13 of those deaths:

COUNTY	CONFIRMED DEATHS	PROBABLE DEATHS	TOTAL
Beaufort County	0	1	1
Berkeley County	0	1	1
Charleston County	2	1	3
Colleton County	2	0	2
Dorchester County	3	1	4
Georgetown County	1	0	1
Williamsburg County	1	0	1

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	1,106,209	300,724	1,406,933
Total Deaths	13,527	2,264	15,791

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