SC reports 3 days in total of more than 16,000 new cases of COVID-19

COLUMBIA, SC (WCSC): For the third week in a row, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported that a total of three days of newly detected COVID-19 cases exceeded 10,000.

DHEC said a total of 16,072 new cases were registered between Thursday and Saturday.

The agency provides the latest new cases of deaths from COVID-19 with a 48-hour delay, which it says ensures more time to verify the numbers. It only publishes this data on weekdays, i.e. Mondays include three-day information, from the Thursday before Saturday.

Data include confirmed and probable cases. The agency says confirmed cases are detected by PCR tests, while probable cases are detected by rapid tests.

The data also lists a total of 111 deaths over the three-day period.

Among Lowcountry counties, DHEC reported a total of 24 deaths; 19 were confirmed and three were investigated as probable.

Charleston County reported nine confirmed deaths and one probable. Dorchester County reported four confirmed deaths. Berkeley County reported two confirmed deaths and one probable. Colleton County reported three confirmed deaths and one probable, while Beaufort County reported one confirmed death.

DHEC said Saturday’s results, the most recent day for which test data was available on its website, include 41,229 tests with a positive rate of 11.4%, below 12.7% of the previous Monday.

Since the pandemic began, the state has recorded a total of 730,685 cases, including 592,909 confirmed cases and 137,776 probable cases; and 10,562 deaths, including 9,259 confirmed and 1,303 probable deaths.

The state has completed more than 9.5 million COVID-19 tests since March 2020.

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