COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced the state’s latest coronavirus numbers as of Wednesday.
DHEC reports 1,243 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 8 new deaths in the Palmetto State. This makes the state’s total number of positive cases 179,832 with 3,817 total deaths.
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DHEC says they received 8,659 tests from Wednesday which yielded a percent positive rate of 14.4%.
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