5 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Beaufort County Sunday; 335 total
Five new coronavirus cases were reported in Beaufort County on Sunday for a total of 335, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.
No new deaths were reported in the county.
South Carolina recorded 10,096 cases of coronavirus as of May 24 and 435 deaths.
DHEC reported 10 new deaths statewide Sunday. Nine of the individuals were elderly and one was middle aged.
Coronavirus-related deaths
Here are the Beaufort County deaths recorded by the coroner’s office as of Sunday:
- 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
- A 79-year-old Bluffton woman who died May 4.
Cases by ZIP code
Beaufort County could have as many as 2,058 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 23.
Coronavirus cases at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are being reported in the 29902 ZIP code.