5 more die in S. Carolina as COVID-19 cases increase in CSRA

Friday, April 10, 2020

COLOMBIA, SC (WRDW / WAGT) – Several new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in CSRA while South Carolina released new state totals for coronavirus infections this afternoon, which showed five more deaths in the state.

The new numbers raised the total number of people confirmed with COVID-19 in South Carolina to 3,065, and those who died to 72.

Additional deaths occurred in three middle-aged individuals with underlying health conditions who were residents of Berkley, Florence and Greenville counties. Two deaths that occurred in elderly patients with underlying health conditions who were residents of Greenville County.

The number of new cases per county is listed below.

Aiken (6), Allendale (2), Anderson (4), Barnwell (1), Beaufort (2), Berkeley (6), Charleston (15), Cherokee (3), Chester (1), Chesterfield (1), Clarendon (5), Darlington (2), Dillion (2), Dorchester (7), Edgefield (4) Fairfield (1), Florence (11), Georgetown (3), Greenville (54), Greenwood (1), Hampton (1), Horry (18), Kershaw (7), Lancaster (10), Laurens (2), Lee (3), Lexington (23), Marlboro (1), Newberry (2), Orangeburg (2), Pickens (5), Richland (35), Spartanburg (11), Sumter (16), Union (1), Williamsburg (1), York (5).

One county (Saluda) lost a case from its total count because the individual was determined during investigations of the case as a resident in another county.

The new numbers brought the totals in the South Carolina CSRA portions to:

• Aiken County:

cases, 1 death

• Allendale County:

cases, 0 deaths

• Bamberg County:

cases, 0 deaths

• Barnwell County:

cases, 0 deaths

• Edgefield County:

cases, 0 deaths

• McCormick County:

cases, 1 death

• Orangeburg County:

cases, 0 deaths

• Saluda County:

cases, 0 deaths

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