Two Oconeeans added to the COVID-19 death toll

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Tuesday announced 1,573 new confirmed cases and 18 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 52 additional confirmed deaths and seven new probable deaths.  The new death toll includes two elderly Oconee County residents who died on July 20 and 26.  The new case count adds eight cases to the county’s running total.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 83,720 probable cases to 389, confirmed deaths to 1,505, and 60 probable deaths.

By Monday, a total of 723,260 tests have been conducted in the state. See a detailed breakdown of tests in South Carolina on the Data and Projections webpage. DHEC’s Public Health Laboratory is operating extended hours and is testing specimens seven days a week, and the Public Health Laboratory’s current timeframe for providing results to health care providers is 24-48 hours.

The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC Monday statewide was 8,689 (not including antibody tests) and the percent positive was 18.1%.