The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced the following COVID-19 updates.
Today’s cases and deaths (scdhec.gov/COVID19)
- New confirmed/probable total cases: 2,583/25 Summary click here
- New confirmed/probable total deaths: 36/4 Summary click here
Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)
- Confirmed and probable cases: 253,034/20,372
- Confirmed and probable deaths: 4,566/369
- Tests performed for South Carolinians: 3,318,220
Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)
- Testing opportunities available statewide: 139
Percent positive (scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)
- 11,553 new individual test results reported statewide (not including antibody tests)
- 22.4% percent positive
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