No new coronavirus cases reported in Beaufort County for 2 days in a row

For the first time since mid-March, no new coronavirus cases were reported in Beaufort County for two days in a row, according to S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control data.

There were also no new deaths reported.

The last time the county saw no rise in coronavirus cases for two days was March 15 and March 16.

Statewide, 135 new cases and eight additional deaths were announced Monday. Six of those victims were elderly; two were middle-aged.

As of Monday, 11 people have died in Beaufort County and 283 in the state from COVID-19.

Coronavirus-related deaths

Here are the Beaufort County deaths recorded by the coroner’s office as of Monday, May 4:

• 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.
• An 80-year-old Yemassee man who died April 23
• An 84-year-old Beaufort man who died April 28

Coronavirus cases by ZIP code

Beaufort County could have as many as 1,652 undiagnosed cases, DHEC officials say.

Positive cases are those in which a patient has been tested and diagnosed with coronavirus. Because of a lack of access to testing, state health officials have said that for every one confirmed case, there could be up to nine people who are infected but have not been tested.

DHEC’s totals can have small increases and decreases day to day as officials find discrepancies in the data.

The cases include anyone who has tested positive since the pandemic started. The data also includes those who have recovered or died. According to DHEC, these numbers are current as of May 3.

Coronavirus cases at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are being reported in the 29902 ZIP code.