COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Monday, announced 64 new cases of the coronavirus and 4 additional deaths. DHEC says this brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 4,439 and those who have died to 124. DHEC says of those four deaths, one was an elderly individual…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental control says it has now received negative Coronavirus testing numbers from private labs. DHEC says 16,397 negative test results have been reported from both DHEC’s Public Health Laboratory and private labs. As of April 3, the total number of tests (positive and negative) performed in South Carolina is 18,097, say…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Saturday, announced it is investigating 46 additional cases of the coronavirus. DHEC say this brings the total number statewide to 173 cases in 30 counties. According to DHEC: New positive cases Anderson County: 4 cases Beaufort County: 4 cases Charleston County: 4 cases Colleton County: 1 case…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Wednesday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced it is investigating 13 additional cases of coronavirus. DHEC says this brings the total number statewide to 60 cases in 14 counties. Per a release from SC DHEC: “We emphasize the importance of practicing disease prevention measures and following recommendations for social distancing to protect our…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Sunday nine additional cases of coronavirus. DHEC says this brings the total number of cases, statewide, to 28. According to officials, as the state’s case counts expectedly increases, DHEC will publicly report information about facilities and locations that impacted communities should be aware of, where special…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Department of Health officials announced Wednesday, they are investigating another possible case of Coronavirus. SC DHEC officials say the new case is a woman in Lancaster County. Officials say there is no known travel outside of the U.S. and they are working to determine who she may have had contact with. This latest cases brings…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Governor Henry McMaster will hold a media update with state public health officials Saturday to address 2 potential cases of Coronavirus in South Carolina. Late Friday the Governor released a statement in response to word that there are two possible cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in South Carolina: “Healthcare authorities in South Carolina have been preparing…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –More and more people across the state are starting to come down with the flu. Officials with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) says nearly 100 people have been hospitalized with flu-like symptoms already this year. “We had our first flu-associated death that was reported in the Upstate a few weeks ago, and…
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