1,105 new cases — 11 confirmed deaths

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,105 new confirmed cases and 9 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 11 additional confirmed deaths and 7 new probable deaths.  The report today included nine new Oconee cases, but no deaths.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 92,404 probable cases to 547, confirmed deaths to 1,721, and 72 probable deaths.

As of yesterday, a total of 787,551 tests have been conducted in the state. The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 7,257 (not including antibody tests) and the percent positive was 15.2%.

DHEC is working with the S.C. Hospital Association to create a new process for gathering inpatient bed availability and occupancy from each hospital in the state, as this is the reporting metric that best provides the number of hospital beds available for caring for adult COVID-19 patients. DHEC is able to resume reporting of the following key information:

ICU beds: 1,437 total; 316 available; 1,121 in use (78.01% utilization rate)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized: 1,401; 366 in ICU; 224 ventilated