The lawmakers who write South Carolina’s budget will vote Monday afternoon on advancing up to $208 million to speed up COVID-19 vaccination efforts and fund other pandemic relief.
COLUMBIA (WOLO): Sunday, January 24th. DHEC reported 3,450 new coronavirus cases in South Carolina. This brings the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 376,987 and 5,915 total deaths. DHEC also says of the 13,560 most recent covid tests given, 25.4% came back positive. Categories: Local News Tags: Coronavirus, DHEC
COLUMBIA(WOLO): 3,435 more South Carolinians tested positive for COVID-19, according to DHEC Saturday, and 63 more have died. South Carolina now has 373,399 confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began and 5,855 total deaths. According to DHEC, 23.7% of the more than 14-thousand latest covid-19 tests taken in South Carolina were reported positive. Categories: Local News Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, DHEC
A flight attendants’ union is praising President Biden for his new mask mandate. The president signed an executive order that requires people to wear masks on airplanes, trains, ships and buses.
A new study shows people who recover from COVID-19 could have long lasting immunity.
The White House announced plans to open up international travel just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
The incoming director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the United States has “dark weeks ahead” with the COVID-19 pandemic. She predicts the country’s death toll could reach 500,000 by the middle of next month.
COLUMBIA (WOLO): Sunday, DHEC reported 4,584 new coronavirus cases in South Carolina. Another 76 South Carolinians died from the virus. Our state now has a total of 351,887 cases of Covid-19 since the pandemic began, and 5,654 confirmed deaths. According to DHEC, this data is accurate as of Friday, January 15th. Of the 19,584 most recent test results, DHEC says…
Saturday, DHEC reported 4,671 new cases of covid-19 in South Carolina, and 64 new deaths.
One research group says the pandemic is hitting the United States so hard that it’s lowering the average life expectancy.
