COVID-19

U.S. COVID-19 death toll nears 500,000

AP: The U.S. stands at the brink of 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, America’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, calls the looming milestone horrible and historic. The running total of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, was about 498,000 on Sunday. That’s roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just…

1,389 new cases, 56 deaths Sunday in SC

COLUMBIA (WOLO): The Department of Health and Environmental Control Sunday reported 1,389 new cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina. 56 new deaths were also reported. South Carolina now has a total of 436,161 cases diagnosed since the pandemic began, and 7,409 total deaths. DHEC reported 6.2% of the 36,030 most recent coronavirus tests taken came back positive. This data is…