691 new cases, 47 new deaths

DHEC today announced 691 new confirmed cases and 15 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 47 additional confirmed deaths and 10 new probable deaths.  DHEC today reported an elderly Oconeean’s death on August 13 and considers another Oconee patient as a “probable death.”  Both individuals are elderly. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 106,574, probable cases to 1,098, confirmed deaths to 2,230, and 113 probable deaths.

The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 3,716 (not including antibody tests) and the percent positive was 18.6%