Nine new Beaufort County coronavirus cases discovered Saturday, bringing total to 253
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Beaufort County continues to rise as nine new cases announced Saturday bring the county’s total to 253, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.
An agency news release said nine South Carolina residents across seven counties died Saturday. There were no new deaths reported in Beaufort County.
Ten people have died due to COVID-19 in Beaufort County, the agency reports.
The agency reported 180 new cases statewide, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 5,253, with 166 deaths.
COVID-19 deaths in Beaufort County
With no new deaths reported on Saturday, there are still ten people confirmed to have died from coronavirus in Beaufort County, according to DHEC.
Here are the deaths recorded by the Beaufort County Coroner’s office as of Thursday:
- 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 woman who died April 4.
- An 83-year-old Lady’s Island woman who died April 7.
- A 75-year-old Bluffton man who died April 9.
- A 71-year-old Hilton Head man who died April 12.
- A 93-year-old Bluffton man who died April 13.
An 80-year-old Okatie man who died April 19.
Beaufort County Coroner Ed Allen said the tenth victim died at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.
Nursing home cases more than double
According to new data from DHEC, 435 cases of the coronavirus and 28 deaths are connected to South Carolina nursing homes and similar facilities.
A Columbia nursing home tops the lists of infections of the coronavirus after the known cases more than doubled in two days.
The 88-bed Midland Health and Rehabilitation Center in Columbia has the highest number of COVID-19 cases among nursing homes in the state with 73 infections among staff and residents, according to DHEC statistics.
Fraser Healthcare on Hilton Head Island is reporting six known cases, according to the data.
This story was originally published April 25, 2020 at 4:17 PM.
