SC exceeds 12,000 COVID-related deaths since pandemic began

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported a total of 3,491 cases (2,602 confirmed, 889 probable) as well as 124 deaths (111 confirmed, 13 probable) on Friday ). These figures are correct as of September 22.

DHEC reported a total of 12,080 COVID-19-related deaths on Friday. This total includes 10,498 deaths classified as “confirmed” and a further 1,582 classified as “probable”.

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The difference between confirmed and probable cases is based on the type of test a person receives. The probable cases are treated as cases confirmed by the doctors, specifies the DHEC.

Click on the day below to view confirmed and probable cases by county:

• Friday September 24
• Thursday 23 September
• Wednesday September 22
• Tuesday September 21
• Monday, September 20

DHEC is no longer giving a death date for these reports, saying it violates the privacy of the deceased due to the decrease in deaths from COVID-19 statewide.

The agency has also stopped sharing the age range of people who die from COVID-19 each day, but it publishes weekly reports with this information on Tuesday.

Click or tap here to see the latest weekly report on deaths, including counties and age groups, September 12-18.

While new cases of COVID-19 were down in South Carolina in June, cases have been on the rise since mid-July.

THE LAST

Hospitalizations in the state are also increasing, with dozens of new people hospitalized with COVID-19 every day.

“As deaths from COVID-19 decline due to the life-saving COVID-19 vaccines that are available, cases and hospitalizations are currently increasing in South Carolina, as in many other states, as a large portion of the population does not ‘is still not vaccinated,’ DHEC officials said. wrote on the agency website. “We urge all South Carolinians to protect themselves and others by getting vaccinated against COVID-19 if they have not already done so. Vaccines are how we end the COVID-19 pandemic once and for all. “

A recent review of DHEC data suggests that people who are not fully vaccinated account for nearly all hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.

Vaccines are readily available statewide.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Anyone over the age of 12 in South Carolina is currently eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Get more details and make an appointment by clicking or pressing here.

As of September 22, DHEC reported that South Carolina residents eligible for the vaccine:

• 59.8% received at least one vaccine – 2,567,941 people
• 51.2% are fully vaccinated – 2,201,252 people

PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE MONITORING

Percentage positive refers to the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 compared to the number of tests performed.

The DHEC reports that the percentage of positives of the 36,766 molecular tests that were most recently reported to them was 9.4% (not counting antibody tests).

COVID-19 TEST

DHEC encourages everyone who travels in the community to get tested regularly, at least monthly.

Find test locations by clicking or tapping here.

COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS

From Friday, the US Department of Health and Human Services says 83.96% of inpatient beds in South Carolina are in use while 86.52% of intensive care beds are in use.

There are 2,249 inpatients who have COVID-19, which represents 19.43% of inpatient beds used for COVID-19, HHS reported. Of these patients, 542 are in intensive care. The HHS reports that 39.81% of intensive care beds are used for COVID-19.

NOTE: DHEC now only updates its hospitalization dashboard once a week, which is why WIS now relies on HHS data for a daily hospitalization report. Fan numbers will be updated weekly on Tuesday.

Click here for more information on hospital bed occupancy by county.

For more information on nursing homes and long-term care facilities affected by the virus, click or tap here.

Cases, hospitalizations and deaths among the unvaccinated

On July 8, 2021, DHEC began reporting data on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status.

The agency will continue to analyze the data it has and will report the results every two weeks to keep South Carolina informed of the benefits and limitations of vaccinations.

As of September 15, following an initial analysis which found that the overwhelming number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the first two weeks of June 2021 involved residents who were not fully vaccinated, DHEC identified similar results by reviewing the provisional data. for the period from August 1 to August 31.

This analysis shows:

• From August 1 to August 1, 31, DHEC reported 122,746 cases among South Carolinians.
• Of the 27,201 reported cases where we were able to determine vaccination status, 23,166 (85.2%) cases were considered not fully immunized.
• Of the 1,522 reported cases that were hospitalized with COVID and where we were able to determine vaccination status, 1,080 (71.0%) were considered not fully vaccinated.
• Of the 611 deaths reported by COVID where vaccination status could be determined, 458 (75.0%) were considered not fully vaccinated.

Click here for more information on cases, hospitalizations and deaths among the unvaccinated

MONITORING MIS-C AND VIRUS VARIANTS

DHEC has a dashboard that indicates the number of cases of Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 in South Carolina.

It also shows how much case of different variants were found as is, by type.

As of September 22, there have been 1,576 reported cases of the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19 in South Carolina. However, health officials say there are likely many more cases of the delta variant in the state. DHEC only sends a random sample of positive tests to look for variants.

KEY INDICATORS OF COVID-19 IN HC

Below is the dashboard of DHEC’s key indicators. It is intended to give a “big picture” of important data points used to measure the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

It shows trends in cases, tests, deaths, hospitalizations, etc.

DHEC says all of these factors should be taken into account when assessing the spread of COVID-19 in South Carolina.

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