SC
South Carolina Announces Four Deaths Related to COVID-19, 86 Additional Cases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 27, 2020
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced four additional deaths related to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This brings the state’s total number of deaths to 13.
The patients, who were all elderly and had underlying health conditions, were from Richland, Kershaw, Greenville, and Florence counties.
“It’s never easy to have to report the deaths of members of our communities,” said Dr. Brannon Traxler, DHEC physician. “We express our deepest sympathy to the families and loved ones of these patients.”
DHEC also is investigating 86 additional cases of COVID-19. Three previously reported cases were determined during case investigations to be residents of other states.This brings the total number statewide to 539 cases in 39 counties*.
The number of new cases by county are listed below.
Aiken County: 2 cases
Beaufort County: 6 cases
Berkeley County: 2 cases
Charleston County: 32 cases
Chesterfield County: 1 case
Clarendon County: 1 case
Colleton County: 1 case
Dorchester County: 5 cases
Florence County: 6 cases
Horry County: 3 cases
Kershaw County: 6 cases
Lancaster County: 1 case
Lexington County: 5 cases
Oconee County: 1 case
Orangeburg County: 1 case
Pickens County: 1 case
Richland County: 5 cases
Spartanburg County: 7 cases
CT
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