Weekend South Carolina (and Oconee) COVID-19 numbers

COVID-19 has taken the life of an elderly Oconeean.  South Carolina DHEC recorded the death on Thursday, October 15.  Here are weekend case and death numbers for the state.  On Saturday the state recorded 810 new cases and 22 additional deaths. Yesterday there were 722 additional cases and 12 more deaths.  Of the new cases, there were 20 Saturday in Oconee and 15 yesterday. DHEC’s post of Oconee numbers for the weekend show that so, far, there have been 31 deaths of county residents, 88 hospitalizations, and a total of 2,298 cases of the virus among county residents.  Of the 31 county deaths, according to DHEC, 29 are confirmed.