SC reports 3 days total of more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for 2nd Monday in a row

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

DHEC is providing the latest new number of COVID-19 cases and deaths with a 48-hour deadline, which it says ensures more time to verify the numbers. It only publishes this data on weekdays, which means Mondays include the publication of three days of information, from the previous Thursday through Saturday.

The data includes both confirmed and probable cases. The agency says confirmed cases are detected using PCR testing while probable cases are detected through rapid testing.

The data also listed a total of 102 deaths during the three-day period.

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

Among the confirmed deaths, Dorchester County reported the highest number with six. Beaufort County reported five. Charleston County has reported four. Berkeley, Colleton and Georgetown counties have each reported two deaths.

DHEC said results for Saturday, the most recent day for which testing data was available on its website, included 32,951 tests with a positive rate of 12.7%.

Since the start of the pandemic, the state has recorded a total of 695,489 cases, including 565,618 confirmed cases and 129,808 probable cases; and 10,314 deaths, including 9,064 confirmed deaths and 1,250 probable deaths.

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

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