DHEC COVID-19 Numbers Update

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 890 new confirmed cases and 3 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 14 additional confirmed deaths. There are currently 824 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19. This brings the total number of people confirmed cases to 26,572, probable cases to 41, confirmed deaths to 673, and zero probable deaths. Eleven of the deaths occurred in
elderly individuals, three were in middle aged persons. Oconee County added five new cases Tuesday; Anderson counted 24 new cases and Pickens County confirmed 25 new positive cases of COVID-19.