Today’s COVID-19 numbers from DHEC

The South Carolina state health agency has confirmed 655 new cases of COVID-19, including 16 cases in Oconee County.  Added to the state’s death toll are 50 individuals, two of them from Oconee.  An elderly Oconeean’s death was attributed to the virus on February 5; a middle-aged Oconeean died February 7.  Of 9,747 total test results from the state, the positivity was 9.1%.