SC reports more than 1,600 new COVID cases, 166 deaths

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 1,611 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday.

DHEC’s data, which is reported on a 48-hour delay, covered test results received on Monday, and listed 922 confirmed and 689 probable cases.

The percent positive rate for test results was reported at 19%, DHEC said.

COUNTY	CONFIRMED CASES	PROBABLE CASES	TOTAL NEW CASES
Beaufort County	68	4	72
Berkeley County	36	35	71
Charleston County	64	28	92
Colleton County	3	3	6
Dorchester County	25	15	40
Georgetown County	10	12	22
Williamsburg County	4	7	11

The data also included 166 deaths, 145 of which were listed as confirmed and 21 were listed as probable. Lowcountry counties reported 26 of those deaths:

COUNTY	CONFIRMED DEATHS	PROBABLE DEATHS	TOTAL
Beaufort County	2	1	3
Berkeley County	4	0	4
Charleston County	6	2	8
Colleton County	1	0	1
Dorchester County	8	0	8
Georgetown County	0	0	0
Williamsburg County	2	0	2

Since the pandemic began, DHEC has reported more than 1.4 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 16,000 deaths.

	CONFIRMED	PROBABLE	TOTAL
Total Cases	1,132,375	313,006	1,445,381
Total Deaths	13,997	2,410	16,407

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