December 10th, 2020 – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced the following COVID-19 updates.
South Carolina To Receive 200-300k Doses of Covid Vaccine in December
The past week was the worst week for Covid-19 infection in the state of South Carolina with 1100 people currently hospitalized for Covid-19. Even as DHEC expects vaccine to be delivered in the next few days, we will be dealing with Covid-19 infections for quite some time. Governor Henry McMaster and state health officials addressed…
Today’s cases and deaths (scdhec.gov/COVID19)
- New confirmed/probable total cases: 1,883/63 Summary click here
- New confirmed/probable total deaths: 12/3 Summary click here
Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)
- Confirmed and probable cases: 225,053/16,633
- Confirmed and probable deaths: 4,291/336
- Tests performed for South Carolinians: 2,967,221
Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)
- Testing opportunities available statewide: 310
Percent positive (scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)
- 8,828 new individual test results reported statewide (not including antibody tests)
- 21.3% percent positive
Facility reports
- Hospital data (daily): scdhec.gov/COVID19hospitals
- Extended care facility data (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata
- Assisted living visitation status (Tuesdays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata
- Private, public and charter schools (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/covid19schools
