6 new cases of coronavirus reported in Beaufort County Sunday. 279 cases total.

Six new coronavirus cases were reported in Beaufort County on Sunday after a stretch of multiple days without cases, according to a S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control release.

Since the pandemic began, 279 cases have been reported in the county.

Statewide there were 7,653 cases of coronavirus as of May 10 and 331 deaths.

DHEC reported 1 new death in the state Sunday.

Coronavirus-related deaths

Twelve people have died from coronavirus in the county, according to DHEC data.

The agency doesn’t release information on victims such as age and residency.

Beaufort County Coroner’s Office officials say the agency also doesn’t provide details about the deaths with their office.

As of Sunday, the coroner’s office had information on 11 coronavirus deaths. Here are the Beaufort County deaths recorded by the coroner’s office:

• 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

Hospital capacity

As of Sunday, 64.1 percent of hospital beds in Beaufort County were being utilized, and 63.7 percent statewide, for all types of hospitalizations, DHEC data show.

Of the 6,354 beds currently in use statewide, 446 are occupied by patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are under investigation.

Cases by ZIP code

Beaufort County could have as many as 1,714 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 9.

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