
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 hit a record high Wednesday, as South Carolina health officials announced the second highest ever daily confirmed case total.
- COVID-19 hospitalizations have exceeded 2,000 for 11 straight days
- 82.66% of hospital beds are occupied in South Carolina
- 81.64% of ICU beds are occupied
- 19.26% of Covid-19 patients are in the ICU, 11.23% of those patients are on a ventilator
Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 4,673 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 42 deaths from the virus Wednesday, but for the third straight day said its report was impacted by an “internal systems issue” the agency is working to resolve.

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