//South Carolina announces latest COVID-19 update (October 19, 2020)

South Carolina announces latest COVID-19 update (October 19, 2020)

Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 539 new confirmed cases and 29 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 11 additional confirmed deaths and 1 new probable death.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 157,970, probable cases to 6,639, confirmed deaths to 3,449, and 212 probable deaths.