Thursday’s South Carolina (and Oconee) COVID numbers

South Carolina DHEC reported Thursday 929 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 40 additional, confirmed deaths.  One new Oconee death reported, that of an elderly resident who died October 7.  Today’s numbers bring to 160,384 the number of South Carolina confirmed cases.  The latest death toll statewide is 3,526.  The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC Wednesday statewide was 7,160 and the positivity was 12.9%.  By Wednesday, 1.8 million tests had been conducted in the state.