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Latest coronavirus cases

At least 3,439 people have tested positive for coronavirus in South Carolina, and 87 people have died, according to public health officials.

Officials reported 127 new cases and five deaths Monday, according to the Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Richland County reported the most new cases with 30, and 14 new cases were confirmed in Spartanburg County, DHEC said.

More than 1.9 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide with more than 119,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has more than 581,000 confirmed cases and more than 23,000 deaths.

$53 million in unemployment paid

The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce paid out $53 million Sunday to 64,000 South Carolinians on unemployment, using Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation funds, The State reported.

These payments come even as the department still awaits federal funding to launch new benefits programs, the outlet reported.

School employee dies after testing positive for COVID-19

A bus driver for Horry County Schools who previously tested positive for coronavirus has died, school officials told The Sun News on Monday.

“I am just devastated,” board chairman Ken Richardson wrote in a statement. “My sympathies go out to the family. We lost a member of our HCS family.”

According to Sun News, Richardson said on social media that he doesn’t believe the bus driver had recently been in contact with any HCS students.

Auto industry hit hard

The coronavirus pandemic has affected many areas of the state’s economy, but one industry has been hit particularly hard — automotive.

Automative suppliers in South Carolina have laid off 4,674 workers since the spread of coronavirus began last month, according to the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce.

ZF Transmissions in Laurens County saw the biggest layoffs, with 2,300 workers now out of a job, The State reports. The BMW plant in Greer and the new Volvo plant in Ridgeville have also laid off workers.

Probation employee tests positive

An employee of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials say.

The Lancaster County worker is now self-isolating, and the agency has identified and notified the people he or she was near.

It’s unclear how the person contracted the virus.

This story was originally published April 13, 2020 at 8:35 AM.