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New DHEC numbers reveal higher number of deaths in a single day
South Carolina state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell announced at a news conference on Wednesday that there are 1,497 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in SC and 24 additional deaths – the highest number of deaths reported in a single day .
McMaster gives press conference at 4:30 pm
Governor Henry McMaster was accompanied by state public health officials to a news conference to update the public on the state’s response to the coronavirus on Wednesday at 4:30 pm.
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Younger South Carolinians with coronaviruses now hospitalized in greater numbers
Prisma Health, South Carolina’s largest health care system, warned on Wednesday that the rise in coronavirus in South Carolina is now leading to younger patients being treated in their hospitals and that the number of patients with COVID-19 who are Prisma is treating more than tripled in the last month.
Over the past month, Prisma hospitals in Upstate and Midlands moved from treating 65 patients on May 28 to treating 204 patients on June 30, said Dr. Scott Sasser, incident commander for the COVID-19 response. Prisma Health.
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City of Central requires face masks
The city of Central passed a decree Tuesday night requiring facial coverage in public. The decree is set to expire in 55 days, the same day that the City of Clemson decree is set to end.
The Central decree mirrors Clemson’s to make it easier for the public to comply, said Phillip Mishoe, central city administrator. Masks will be required anywhere in public where you cannot practice social detachment. But, added Mishoe, anyone who works out in a gym doesn’t have to wear a mask and must practice social detachment.
The police will keep a box of masks in their cars and distribute them to those who do not comply with the ordinance. “We are just trying to slow this thing down,” said Mishoe.
COVID-19 Leads Greenville Healthcare Company to New HQ
A medical records software company based in Greenville is changing the workplace of its employees due to the unexpected consequences of COVID-19.
ChartSpan is reducing its headquarters size from 100,000 square feet at 2 N. Main St. in downtown Greenville, to a 10,000 square foot location near Liberty Bridge.
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Clemson companies juggle mask mandates, health guidelines, sick employees
Along College Avenue and the side streets of the city center, at least 10 small businesses – most of which are locally owned – were closed on Tuesday afternoon. Many others have reduced working hours and restricted their ability to limit the spread of the respiratory virus, which has seen an increase in new cases in Clemson since June 1, according to the State Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The rise in new cases – more than 400 last month in Pickens County – prompted Clemson City Council to pass a mandatory mask law on June 24, which requires residents and visitors to wear facial coverings in stores, restaurants and public sidewalks for at least 60 days.
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Young people are spreading coronavirus in SC
A dozen teenagers gathered on Monday night near two shiny-wheeled trucks in the parking lot of a diner on Clemson Boulevard in Anderson. Two girls in the group hugged each other while two boys greeted each other.
None of them wore a mask.
It is precisely the type of scene that worries the authorities who watch the rise in COVID-19 infections among South Carolina’s youngest residents.
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