DHEC releases new COVID-19 numbers for Dec. 23
MILLION PEOPLE. NIGEL: HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING 49 CONFIRMED DEATHS AMONG PEOPLE WITH CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED TO OVER 4600. DHEC TELLS US, THERE HAVE NOW BEEN A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 261,000 CASES ACROSS THE STATE. THAT IS AN INCREASE OF OVER 3,000 FROM YESTERDAY. OFFICIALS SAY OVER 16 THOUSAND TEST RESULTS WERE REPORTED YESTERDAY AND THE PERCENTAGE OF , POSITIVE CASES. WAS 22%. THE PERCENT POSITIVE HAS BEEN ABOVE 20% ON 17 OF THE 22 DAYS IN DECEMBER. CAROL: SEVERAL UPSTATE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ARE URGING FAMILIES TO CUT BACK ON HOLIDAY GATHERING MEANWHILE MANY ARE TRYING TO GET TESTED FOR COVID SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. THIS IS TO HELP FIGHT ANOTHER SURGE FROM HAPPENING IN OUR AREA. WYFF NEWS 4’S DESTINY CHANCE JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH THE LATEST. DESTIN CAROL IT’S NO SECRET THE LARGER THE GATHERING THE MORE YOU PUT YOURSELF AND OTHERS AT RISK OF GETTING COVID. BUT IN ORDER TO HELP EVERYONE OUT HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY YOU , SHOULD STAY HOME. THAT’S WHAT 5 HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN THE UPSTATE DISCUSSED THIS WEEK. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN GETTI TESTED, ON ITS WEBSITE DHEC HAS A LIST OF PLACES OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOT ONLY TOMORROW CHRISTMAS EVE, BUT CHRISTMAS DAY AS WELL. YOU CAN NARROW IT DOWN BY COUNTY OR CITY. THE TIME IT WILL TAKE TO G BACK YOUR RESULTS VARY. PRISMA HEALTH SAYS SPECIMENS MUST BE COLLECTED BY 10:00 A.M. ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN ORDER TO HAVE RESULTS CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT. GREENVILLE CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER DOCTOR MARCUS BLACKSTONE SAYS THEY NEED YOUR HELP IN THE NEXT 3 TO 6 MONTHS BECAUSE GREENVILLE’S COVID-19 TREND IS HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTIO WE’RE AT THAT POINT WHERE OUR HOSPITALS ARE FULL. TODAY I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY, STAY OUT OF BIG GROUPS, DO THE THINGS WE HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT. YOU WILL HEAR OUR COLLEAGUES TALK ABOUT THIS, THEY REALLY IS STRAINING OUR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE CARE TO PATIENTS WE NEED TO PROVIDE, COVID AND NON-COVID AREA DOCTOR BLACKSTONE ALSO SAYS THEY’RE ASKING FOLKS TO HELP THEM GET OVER THE HUMP UNTIL THE VACCINES GET WIDELY DISTRIBUTED. HE ADDS HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL AREN’T IMMUNE TO THIS VIRUS AND WE ARE SEEING MORE OF THEM GET SICK FROM COMMUNITY SPREAD. AGAIN YOU CAN HEAD TO D-HEC’S WEBSITE IN THE COVID-19 SECT
South Carolina’s 7-day COVID-19 death average at highest since September
Updated: 4:24 PM EST Dec 23, 2020
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) on Wednesday announced the following COVID-19 updates.Wednesday’s cases and deaths (scdhec.gov/COVID19) New confirmed/probable total cases: 3,599/104 Summary click here New confirmed/probable total deaths: 49/3 Summary click here After falling for five consecutive days, the seven-day average of confirmed cases hit a new…