COLUMBIA, S.C. — As part of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control's (DHEC) continuous improvement efforts to enhance the quality of information DHEC provides, daily COVID-19 data will be provided with a 24-hour delay beginning Nov. 27, 2020. The agency will not report daily COVID-19 numbers on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, or New Year's Day.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Wednesday announced the following COVID-19 updates.
Today's cases and deaths (scdhec.gov/COVID19)
- New confirmed/probable total cases: 1,243/84 Summary click here
- New confirmed/probable total deaths: 4/0 Summary click here
At the start of Thanksgiving week, South Carolina reached a milestone in the coronavirus pandemic -- a total of 4,010 confirmed deaths from the virus were reported as of Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)
- Confirmed and probable cases: 197,652/13,253
- Confirmed and probable deaths: 4,015/302
- Tests performed for South Carolinians: 2,599,832
Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)
- Testing opportunities available statewide: 288
Percent positive (scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)
- 8,991 individual test results reported statewide yesterday (not including antibody tests)
- 13.8% percent positive
Facility reports
- Hospital data (daily): scdhec.gov/COVID19hospitals
- Extended care facility data (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata
- Assisted living visitation status (Tuesdays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata
- Private, public and charter schools (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/covid19schools
The information above as well as extensive reporting on county-level information, demographics and more is available at scdhec.gov/COVID19. The website is updated between 1 p.m.-3 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. weekends. Visit scdhec.gov/COVID19vaccine for the latest vaccine information.
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