During their report Tuesday afternoon, SCDHEC reported 253 new cases of the novel COVID-19 and 6 additional deaths. Greenville County had the most new cases reported with 46. Anderson County only had three new cases.
The total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina since the first case March 6 is now at 10,416. Of those, 446 people, mostly elderly, have died.
As of Tuesday, four of the six deaths reported occurred in elderly individuals from Fairfield (1), Florence (1), Greenville (1), and Spartanburg (1) counties. Two deaths occurred in young adults in Greenville (1) and Lexington (1) counties. Both young adults had underlying health conditions.
The number of new cases by county are:
Aiken (3), Anderson (3), Beaufort (9), Berkeley (1), Calhoun (1), Charleston (8), Cherokee (3), Chester (3), Chesterfield (9), Clarendon (2), Colleton (2), Darlington (8), Dillon (4), Dorchester (1), Florence (7), Georgetown (2), Greenville (46), Greenwood (10), Horry (5), Jasper (1), Kershaw (6), Lancaster (1), Laurens (1), Lee (9), Lexington (14), Marion (1), Marlboro (5), Newberry (2), Orangeburg (10), Pickens (3), Richland (21), Saluda (1), Spartanburg (36), Sumter (1), Union (3), Williamsburg (5), York (6)
