SC reports more than 1000 new COVID cases, 30 deaths

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 1005 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

DHEC’s data, which is reported on a 48-hour delay, covered test results received on Tuesday, and listed 542 confirmed and 463 probable cases.

The percent positive rate for test results was reported at 9%, DHEC said.

COUNTY	CONFIRMED CASES	PROBABLE CASES	TOTAL NEW CASES
Beaufort County	26	12	38
Berkeley County	20	4	24
Charleston County	26	21	47
Colleton County	6	3	9
Dorchester County	10	16	26
Georgetown County	3	6	9
Williamsburg County	0	0	0

The data also included 30 deaths, 26 of which were listed as confirmed and 4 were listed as probable. Lowcountry counties reported 2 of those deaths:

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

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	1,141,385	316,690	1,458,075
Total Deaths	14,182	2,461	16,643

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