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
Prisma Health CMO Answers Your Questions About the COVID-19 Vaccine
With the Covid-19 vaccine arriving in South Carolina, many people have questions. Today, Ambulatory Chief Medical Officer at Prisma Health, Saria Saccocio, takes time to answer our questions on the Covid-19 vaccine. When can we expect the vaccine to arrive? For Prisma Health, the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine arrived Tuesday (Dec. 15), following the…
