COVID-19 updates: The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 361 new cases of the coronavirus and seven additional deaths on Thursday. Charleston County now has 683 positive tests.
DHEC reminds citizens to take steps to stop the spread: In a statement yesterday the state’s epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell reminded South Carolinians, “The more people you expose yourself to, the more you multiply your risk of being exposed to the virus.”
What we’re reading:
The New Yorker: “How the protests have changed the pandemic”
Sports Illustrated: “Drew Brees Still Hasn’t Learned”
Washington Post: “As coronavirus took jobs or workers fell ill, teen children have toiled full-time, becoming lifelines”
Eater: “‘We started in the same fashion as the Black Panthers: Feeding our people'”
Wall Street Journal: “What to Watch: Revisiting Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing'”
The rest from City Paper:
— Protestors at Brittlebank Park on Wednesday vow continued action
— Safe and just communities require fewer police and more services
— Health officials warn coronavirus is on the rise
— Support Charleston’s black-owned businesses: A list of resources
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