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.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson entered his response to a lawsuit filed by a University of South Carolina professor over Wilson’s opinion that a university mask mandate violated state law.
The University of South Carolina revealed new guidelines regarding COVID-19 as students return to campus. This includes testing requirements and incentives for students to get vaccinated against the virus.
A new poll finds a fifth of American parents with children eligible for COVID-19 vaccines say they definitely won’t vaccinate them.
