DHEC COVID-19 Numbers Update

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 601 new confirmed cases and 45 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 26 additional confirmed deaths and 11 new probable deaths.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 118,699 probable cases to 1,804, confirmed deaths to 2,652, and 142 probable deaths.

In Oconee County there were 11 new cases confirmed; Pickens County confirmed 30 new cases; and Anderson County confirmed 41 new cases and also had a probable case yesterday.

Three elderly deaths and one middle aged person’s death, all in Anderson County, were attributed to COVID-19 on Wednesday.