The United States set new coronavirus records with more than 4,000 deaths and 269,420 new infections in a single day. Cases of the highly contagious U.K. variant of COVID-19 are now confirmed in at least 8 states. Plus, a new study published in The Lancet found that out of 1,733 Chinese patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19, 76% still had at least one symptom 6 months later.

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…

New Covid-19 Report Ranks Greenville Area Worst in Nation
A new Whitehouse Covid-19 Taskforce report ranks Greenville as the worst center of outbreak among areas with populations of 250,000 to 1 million. Over the past 7 days, Greenville area has reported over 7000 cases per 100k people. This easily surpasses any area in the country; Tulsa, Oklahoma was second with 5923 per 100k people….
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