Chicago health officials on Thursday reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hospitalizations or deaths.
UofSC Interim President Dr. Harris Pastides encourages students to mask up as they return to campus.
DHEC reports 4,478 total new cases of COVID-19 and 20 additional deaths in South Carolina.
U.S. regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to better protect them as the delta variant continues to surge.
Officials with Prisma Health say COVID-19 cases are spiking at a much faster rate now than they were between March and July last year. At this time, doctors say Prisma is treating more than 300 cases of COVID-19, with 88% of those cases in unvaccinated people.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and Prisma Health are joining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in their recommendation that pregnant women get vaccinated against COVID-19.
DHEC reports a total of 3,155 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths in South Carolina.
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Lexington Medical Center is on track to exceed its highest amount of hospitalized COVID-19 patients ever. Hospital spokesperson Jennifer Wilson says nearly 90% of those patients are unvaccinated.
DHEC officials say they are now recording the second highest rate of daily cases since the pandemic began.
