By Aug. 4, DHEC projects the state could have over 1,100 deaths from the coronavirus, up from about 360. DHEC\u2019s website no longer notes, as it had, that the projections assume social distancing into June.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe we\u2019re moving in the right direction at exactly the right time,\u201d Gov. Henry McMaster said Tuesday. Statistics from businesses as well as health professionals informed his decision to allow businesses around the state to resume some services, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe probably had fewer restrictions than any state in the country,\u201d McMaster said. \u201cWe have information, facts, statistics from businesses to see what\u2019s happening, we\u2019ve had experience to see what\u2019s happened with other states… we certainly know how to contain it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Residents in a trio of Richland County ZIP codes where the coronavirus is most prevalent will have access to nasal swab testing next week, in a partnership between local officials and the Medical University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do think we have the tools and resources necessary to defeat this pandemic, but it takes exactly what we\u2019re doing right now,\u201d state Rep. Ivory Thigpen, D-Columbia, said during a Tuesday press conference at the South Carolina Statehouse.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n As of Tuesday evening, South Carolina has documented a total of 6,841 positive tests for the virus, and 296 patients who have died.https:\/\/t.co\/dZPuCucTcS<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) May 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n