What to you need to know: Covid Act Now, a nonprofit that focuses on transparency and providing accurate COVID data to help the public make informed health decisions, decreased South Carolina’s risk score on Monday.
The five-color ranking system uses metrics like number of new daily cases, positive test rates and vaccination percentage to determine how likely an individual is to catch the virus in each state. The group reduced S.C.’s rank from high risk to medium risk based on the latest data. Source: Covid Act Now
Latest COVID-19 data
South Carolina health officials reported 314 total cases of the coronavirus on Monday (210 confirmed, 104 probable), with six confirmed deaths.
With 8,715 tests reported Monday, 3.3% were positive.
Confirmed cases in S.C.: 490,638 (+210)
Total positive cases in Charleston County: 43,674 (+11)
Total positive cases in Berkeley County: 17,817 (+12)
Total positive cases in Dorchester County: 18,123 (+3)
Deaths in S.C. from COVID-19: 8,528 (+10)
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