SC reports 3 days of more than 10,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the second consecutive Monday

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COLUMBIA, SC (WCSC) – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported a total of three days of more than 13,000 new COVID-19 cases Monday afternoon.

DHEC provides the latest new deaths from COVID-19 with a 48-hour delay, which it says ensures more time to verify numbers. It only publishes this data on weekdays, ie 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.

Day Confirmed Probable Total
Thursday 3,591 1,011 4,602
Friday 3,963 1,048 5,011
Saturday 3.124 416 3,540
TOTAL 10,678 2,475 13.153

The data also lists a total of 102 deaths over the three-day period.

Day Confirmed Probable Total
Thursday 25 5 30
Friday 14 13 27
Saturday 36 9 45
TOTAL 75 27 102

Among Lowcountry counties, DHEC reported a total of 22 deaths, 20 were confirmed and two were investigated as probable.

Of the confirmed deaths, Dorchester County reported the majority with six. Beaufort County reported five. Charleston County reported four. The counties of Berkeley, Colleton and Georgetown each reported two deaths.

DHEC said Saturday’s results, the most recent day for which test data was available on its website, include 32,951 tests with a positive percentage of 12.7%.

Since the pandemic began, the state has recorded a total of 695,489 cases, including 565,618 confirmed and 1299,808 probable cases; and 10,314 deaths, including 9,064 confirmed and 1,250 probable deaths.

The state has completed more than 9 million COVID-19 tests since March 2020.

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