Three new positive cases of coronavirus were reported in Beaufort County on Sunday for a total of 194, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control said in a release.
As many as 1,192 cases are possibly undiagnosed, according to estimates, for a total of up to 1,386 possible cases in Beaufort County, the release says.
There were 113 new positive cases of COVID-19 reported statewide for a total of 3,319 positive tests since the start of the pandemic.
DHEC reported two deaths in the state — an elderly Charleston County individual and a middle-aged Greenville County resident. Both people had underlying health conditions.
There have been 82 deaths in South Carolina from coronavirus since the pandemic started.
Coronavirus cases by ZIP code
Two tents sit outside the emergency entrance to Beaufort Memorial Hospital as seen on Friday, April 3, 2020 as part of the care for patients experiencing symptoms that could be the coronavirus. Patients experiencing symptoms first go to the emergency entrance. If symptoms indicate they may need to get tested they are taken to the tent, left, to be screened more thoroughly and then to the next tent to be swabbed for Streptococcus or strep, the flu and COVID-19. Drew Martin dmartin@islandpacket.com
Here is the breakdown of coronavirus cases in Beaufort County ZIP codes and nearby areas, both positive and possible. According to DHEC, these numbers are current as of Saturday at midnight:
67 positive and 479 possible in Beaufort (29902)
No positive and six possible west of Beaufort (29904)
22 positive and 157 possible northwest of Beaufort (29906)
14 positive and 100 possible east of Beaufort (29907)
10 positive and 71 possible in Okatie (29909)
36 positive and 257 possible in Bluffton (29910)
One positive and seven possible on Daufuskie Island (29915)
Eight positive and 57 possible on St. Helena Island (29920)
14 positive and 100 possible on Hilton Head Island (29926)
Seven positive and 56 possible on Hilton Head Island (29928)
Five positive and 36 possible in Port Royal (29935)
Six positive and 43 possible in Ridgeland (29936)
Five positive and 36 possible in Hardeeville (29927)
One positive and sixpossible in Seabrook (29940)
One positive and seven possible in Sheldon (29941)
Three positive and 21 possible in Yemassee (29945)
Positive cases are those in which a patient has been tested and diagnosed with coronavirus. Possible cases include positive and estimated coronavirus that have not been diagnosed. Because of a lack of access to testing, state health officials said this week that for every one confirmed case, there could be up to nine people that are infected but have not been tested.
Coronavirus-related deaths
A sign on Hospital Center Boulevard directs all patients arriving at Hilton Head Hospital to use the emergency room as seen on Monday, March 30, 2020. Drew Martin dmartin@islandpacket.com
Beaufort County has had five coronavirus-related deaths. All were elderly patients with underlying health conditions, according to DHEC. They include:
An 81-year-old Beaufort man who died March 30.
A 72-year-old Beaufort man who died March 31.
An 86-year-old Hilton Head Island man who died April 3.
An 89-year-old Hilton Head Island woman who died April 4.
A 73-year-old Lady’s Island woman who died April 7.
An elderly person whose death was announced on April 11. Details weren’t available Sunday.
How many COVID-19 cases on Parris Island?
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Port Royal stopped releasing information about coronavirus cases to the public last week but it said the information would still be reported to DHEC.
It was previously reported by Military.com that the depot had 20 cases of COVID-19.
The depot’s ZIP code of 29905 has not been included in the DHEC’s daily updates. DHEC officials previously said, when asked, that 39 cases associated with that ZIP code were being reported in the “unknown” ZIP code category.
A spokeswoman with the department later said the 29905 ZIP code was solely for the depot’s post office and that there was no populace associated with that code.
The 29905 cases were being absorbed into the nearest zip code of 29906 per “geocoding best practices”, the spokeswoman said.
The 29906 ZIP code for an area northwest of Beaufort showed 20 cases of coronavirus Thursday.
This story was originally published April 12, 2020 at 4:35 PM.
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Teresa Moss is a crime and public safety reporter for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette. She has worked as a journalist for 16 years for newspapers in Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas.
