South Carolina has received a total of 42,900 Pfizer vaccines as of today, which completes the state’s first allocation of COVID-19 vaccine, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced today.
 
Fifteen public health facilities received doses of the vaccine directly from the federal government since Monday and front-line medical workers continue to be vaccinated in accordance with the phase 1a vaccination guidance. This guidance follows federal recommendations for distributing the initial limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccine.
 
States will receive additional allocations of vaccine each week. South Carolina expects its next doses to arrive early next week and anticipates receiving between 200,000-300,00 total doses by the end of the year.
 
DHEC will continue to provide regular updates on vaccine in South Carolina. A new online data set that provides vaccine-specific reporting will be finalized soon and is anticipated to be updated weekly. For the most current vaccine information, continue to visit scdhec.gov/vaxfacts.

Today’s cases and deaths (scdhec.gov/COVID19)

• New confirmed/probable total cases: 2,424/80 Summary click here
• New confirmed/probable total deaths: 42/2 Summary click here

Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)

• Confirmed and probable cases: 241,471/18,648
• Confirmed and probable deaths: 4,444/356
• Tests performed for South Carolinians: 3,183,377

Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)

• Testing opportunities available statewide: 314

Percent positive (scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)

• 11,786 new individual test results reported statewide (not including antibody tests)
• 20.6% 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