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DHEC: 4,576 news COVID-19 cases, 52 additional deaths announced in SC Saturday - WTOC
Jan 09, 2021 1 min, 52 secs
(WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has announced 4,576 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 52 additional confirmed deaths Saturday, Jan.

This brings the total number of people with confirmed cases since the outbreak began to 320,105 and confirmed deaths to 5,267.

DHEC also announced 81 new probable cases of the virus and 12 new probable deaths.

That brings the total of probable cases to 29,979 and the total number of probable deaths to 491 in the state since the outbreak began.

To see virus spread by county, check out the link below of new confirmed and probable cases.

When daily case numbers are high and the percent positive is high, that indicates more virus spread in the community, DHEC said.

6, DHEC has estimated 88.4% of people who didn’t die from the virus, and that they have “symptom onset data” for, have recovered.

The rest of those people are still fighting the virus, DHEC says.

When looking at the confirmed numbers of cases and deaths, one could figure the death toll from the virus is about 1.65% in South Carolina.

However, DHEC previously estimated that for every confirmed case of the virus, there could be up to nine other people in the community who have also been infected.

If that is the case, as DHEC suggests, there may have been more than 2,838,177 coronavirus cases in the state so far.

DHEC says all of these factors need to be considered when evaluating the spread of COVID-19 in South Carolina.

On June 18, DHEC announced it would begin reporting probable cases and deaths.

DHEC says homemade masks can reduce the chance of people spreading the virus and keep them from touching their face.

Some people who have the virus don’t show any symptoms, but they can still spread it to others.

The CDC says about 3% of people who show symptoms of the virus need to be hospitalized, but that percentage is doubled for seniors.

Young people who contract the virus are not likely to have a serious case, research shows.

The mortality rate for people with the virus was first widely reported around 2 to 3%, but health experts noted at the time that the actual percentage was not that high, as not all cases are diagnosed or reported.

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