Nine new Oconee cases, but no new deaths

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,175 new confirmed cases and 23 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 45 additional confirmed deaths and 5 new probable deaths.  Oconee saw an addition of 9 new cases, but no additional deaths.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 94,837, probable cases to 635, confirmed deaths to 1,819, and 75 probable deaths.

Testing in South Carolina
As of yesterday, a total of 804,195 tests have been conducted in the state.

Percent Positive
The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 5,679 (not including antibody tests) and the percent positive was 20.7%.