Monday, April 20, 2020
COLOMBIA, SC (WRDW / WAGT) – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has announced 64 new cases of the new COVID-19 coronavirus and 4 additional deaths.
According to a press release, this brings the total number of people confirmed with COVID-19 in South Carolina to 4,439 and the death toll to 124.
Of these four deaths, one was an elderly individual with underlying health problems in Lancaster County (1); one was an elderly man, with no known underlying diseases, from Kershaw County (1); one was a middle-aged individual with underlying health problems in Edgefield County (1); and one was a middle-aged individual, with no known underlying health conditions, from Clarendon County (1), according to the statement.
Updated projection summary:
South Carolina health officials provided an updated summary of confirmed cases to date, as well as projections as of May 9. On March 6, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in South Carolina. Projections currently indicate that South Carolina may see almost 750 new cases a week in early May. The total number of cases is estimated to increase to 6,953 confirmed cases on May 9.
The number of new cases per county is listed below:
Aiken (1), Anderson (2), Barnwell (1), Beaufort (1), Charleston (2), Cherokee (1), Clarendon (8),
Darlington (5), Dillon (2), Florence (4), Greenville (5), Horry (1), Kershaw (3), Lexington (4), Marlboro (1), Orangeburg (1), Richland (4), Spartanburg (7), Sumter (3), Williamsburg (4), York (4)
According to the note, of the total of 4,377 cases announced yesterday, two were determined based on the collection of additional information for being residents of other states and were attributed to those states.
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