The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced the following COVID-19 updates.
Today’s cases and deaths (scdhec.gov/COVID19)
- New confirmed/probable total cases: 2,919/79 Summary click here
- New confirmed/probable total deaths: 16/7 Summary click here
Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)
- Confirmed and probable cases: 250,386/20,151
- Confirmed and probable deaths: 4,529/366
- Tests performed for South Carolinians: 3,286,655
Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)
- Testing opportunities available statewide: 167
Percent positive (scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)
- 12,767 new individual test results reported statewide (not including antibody tests)
- 22.9% percent positive
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