Doctor Brannon Traxler

DHEC warning residents to mask up

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Nearly all counties in South Carolina have high or medium levels of covid-19 cases, according to the Center for Diseases Control. “All but two counties is in the high or medium metrics with them even spit almost – 21 high, 23 medium. We’re seeing that in majority of the state. Certainly anywhere you have people more…

DHEC holds S.C. Live Healthy Data Walk

DHEC held it's S.C. Live Healthy Data Walk data to show key findings of current public health data collected from the state health assessment survey and reports of communicable diseases from doctors and labs around the state. 

DHEC held it’s S.C. Live Healthy Data Walk data to show key findings of current public health data collected from the state health assessment survey and reports of communicable diseases from doctors and labs around the state. 

S.C. DHEC: COVID cases down, deaths continue to rise

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Today South Carolina DHEC reports the first confirmed cases of the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant in the state, coming out of the Midlands region. Doctor Brannon Traxler with S.C. DHEC says early data shows the sub-variant is more transmissible but does not appear to cause  more severe disease. Doctor Traxler is reminding the public that covid cases are…