DHEC/SDOC COVID-19 Numbers Update

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 420 new confirmed cases and 30 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 13 additional confirmed deaths and no new probable deaths.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 134,494, probable cases to 3,214, confirmed deaths to 3,028, and 171 probable deaths.

Seven new cases were confirmed here in Oconee County, along with 24 in Anderson County and 23 in Pickens County, where one death was also reported.

Within the School District of Oconee County, there are now at least 41 confirmed cases of COVID-19.