Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 1,326 new confirmed cases and 69 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 18 additional confirmed deaths and 4 new probable deaths.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 177,515, probable cases to 10,223, confirmed deaths to 3,795, and 267 probable deaths.
Confirmed and probable cases: please click here.
Confirmed and probable deaths: please click here.
Be Positive You’re Negative
DHEC urges South Carolinians to be positive you’re negative by routinely getting tested if you’re regularly out in the community. It’s especially important to get tested before and after holiday traveling or events. Visit scdhec.gov/findatest for
a testing location near you. DHEC-sponsored testing is free, doesn’t
require insurance, and results are available within 72 hours. DHEC’s
testing options have expanded to include shallow nasal testing, an oral
swab, or a saliva test at different locations.
Testing in South Carolina
As of yesterday, a total of 2,208,233 tests have been conducted in the
state. See a detailed breakdown of tests in South Carolina on the Data and Projections webpage.
DHEC’s Public Health Laboratory is operating extended hours and is
testing specimens seven days a week, and the Public Health Laboratory’s
current timeframe for providing results to health care providers is
24-48 hours.
Percent Positive
The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday
statewide was 9,770 (not including antibody tests) and the percent positive was 13.6%.