Today’s South Carolina (and Oconee) COVID numbers

On Thanksgiving Eve, the state health agency has added an additional 1,243 cases to its COVID-19 count, including 38 from Oconee County.  Statewide there are four new deaths reported.  Total test results received by DHEC yesterday were 8,991; a positivity of 13.8%.  On this day, many people were lined up to be tested at Prisma Health’s drive-up at the front of the Oconee Memorial Hospital.  The line of vehicles wrapped around the parking lot.