SC reports 421 new cases, 32 deaths

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 421 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 280 confirmed and 141 probable cases.

The percent positive rate for test results was reported at 10.6%, DHEC said.

COUNTY	CONFIRMED CASES	PROBABLE CASES	TOTAL NEW CASES
Beaufort County	6	1	7
Berkeley County	12	3	15
Charleston County	17	8	25
Colleton County	0	0	0
Dorchester County	8	6	14
Georgetown County	2	1	3
Williamsburg County	1	0	1

The data also included 32 deaths, 22 of which were listed as confirmed and 10 were listed as probable. Lowcountry counties reported four of those deaths:

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

Since the pandemic began, DHEC has reported more than 1.4 million cases of COVID-19 and almost 17,000 deaths.

	CONFIRMED	PROBABLE	TOTAL
Total Cases	1,144,750	317,579	1,462,329
Total Deaths	14,419	2,540	16,959

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