As the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaches, South Carolina reported its deadliest day yet of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday.
State health officials announced 24 new confirmed deaths, bringing South Carolina’s death toll to 759 since the outbreak began in March.
The state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control also reported 1,497 new cases of COVID-19, the eighth day in a row more than 1,000 new cases have been added. That brings that state’s total to 37,809.
DHEC announced 1,497 new confirmed cases and 6 new probable cases of COVID-19, 24 additional confirmed deaths and 4 new probable deaths. https://t.co/BgJ187Tyoy
— SCDHEC (@scdhec) July 1, 2020