COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Henry McMaster has directed South Carolina’s health department to begin publicly disclosing confirmed COVID-19 cases by ZIP code, a level of information specificity the agency had previously said was not necessary in efforts to temper the outbreak.

Also on Friday, Greenville City Council passed a $100 fine for any essential business still open that does not try to enforce social distancing in its store.

In a tweet, McMaster said the order was effective Friday, noting that he also wanted the state Department of Health and Environmental Control to begin providing “the estimated number of residents who are likely infected and untested” in the same ZIP code.

“Providing this non-identifying information violates no state or federal privacy laws and is in the public’s