DHEC COVID-19 Numbers Update

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 1,295 new confirmed cases and 30 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 44 additional confirmed deaths and 9 new probable deaths. Oconee County numbers were 16 new cases and one additional death—that of an elderly individual on August 1. Pickens County also added 16 new cases, while Anderson County added 57 newly confirmed and one probable case on Thursday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 96,132, probable cases to 665, confirmed deaths to 1,863, and 80 probable deaths.