Coronavirus live updates: Here’s what to know in South Carolina on Nov. 7
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Highest case count in three months
At least 174,862 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in South Carolina, and 3,756 have died, according to state health officials.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control on Saturday reported 1,639 new COVID-19 cases. That’s the highest new case count since July 31.
Greenville County recorded the highest number of new cases in the state on Saturday, with 296. Spartanburg followed with 138. The Upstate has seen a spike in new cases for weeks now.
Nine coronavirus-related deaths were reported Saturday.
The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests was 11.4% on Friday. Health officials have said that number should be 5% or lower.
DHEC said 14,357 individual tests had been performed, one of the highest amounts of tests since July. Two days prior only 2,922 people were tested, which was the lowest single-day number since Oct. 2.
As of Friday, 740 people in South Carolina were hospitalized with coronavirus-related symptoms.
Nine York, Lancaster, Chester Co. schools add first-time cases
Nine schools in York, Lancaster and Chester Counties are reporting first-time COVID-19 cases, the Rock Hill Herald reports, with five seeing their first-ever coronavirus infections, and four others seeing either their first student or first employee case.
All school districts in the tri-county area have now reported one or more infections in at least half of their schools.
They are as follows:
- York Comprehensive High School (first case)
- York Middle School (first case)
- Brooklyn Springs Elementary School (first case)
- North Elementary School (first case)
- Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies (first case)
- York Intermediate School (first student case)
- Oakdale Elementary School (first student case)
- Pleasant Knoll Elementary School (first student case)
- Clover Middle School (first staff case)
This story was originally published November 7, 2020 at 8:04 AM.