COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 136 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death Sunday.
This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 4,377 and those who have died to 120, according to SCDHEC.
The death was in a middle-aged person with no known underlying health conditions who was from Jasper County, health officials say.
The number of new cases by county are listed below:
- Abbeville 2
- Aiken 2
- Anderson 2
- Beaufort 6
- Berkeley 8
- Charleston 5
- Chester 1
- Chesterfield 1
- Clarendon 3
- Darlington 6
- Dillon 3
- Dorchester 4
- Edgefield 1
- Florence 22
- Georgetown 1
- Greenville 5
- Greenwood 2
- Horry 9
- Kershaw 2
- Lancaster 6
- Laurens 1
- Lee 2
- Lexington 3
- Marion 2
- Marlboro 3
- Orangeburg 2
- Pickens 1
- Richland 25
- Saluda 2
- Spartanburg 2
- Williamsburg 1
- York 1
SCDHEC’s Public Lab has conducted 12,080 COVID-19 tests as of Sunday morning. Of those tests, 1,489 were positive and 10,591 were negative. Taking private labs into account as well, DHEC says there have been 40,480 COVID-19 tests done in the state.
| Negative tests from DHEC Public Health Laboratory | 10,591 |
| Negative tests from private laboratories | 25,512 |
| Total negative tests | 36,103 |
| Total positive tests | 4,377 |
| Total number of tests performed in South Carolina | 40,480 |
As for hospital bed capacity, there were 5,356 hospital beds available as of Sunday morning and 5,971 utilized, state health officials say. That’s a 52.7 percent utilization rate.
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