Since at-home testing is not reportable, DHEC (SC) will no longer report daily case counts as of March 15.
The department will continue to report hospitalizations and deaths on a weekly basis.
So we will see states stop reporting case counts.
Cases have been largely useless since day 1. For trend tracking, you were at the mercy of the whims of people. Did they go to get tested or not. This is no way to track things.
Deaths are the yardstick of the world.
Important factoid just making the rounds.
2/3 of US infections as of January in Omicron dense regions are re-infections. Recovered immunity 1) doesn’t last long and 2) doesn’t prevent omicron infection.
We’ll need some time to see if omicron’s recovered immunity duration is also short.