No new COVID-19 cases reported in Beaufort County on Monday; Total stays at 336
After reporting 27 new confirmed coronavirus cases over the weekend, Beaufort County had no additional cases of COVID-19 on Monday, according to state health officials.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 336 cases have been confirmed in Beaufort County.
The case numbers represents people who have tested positive for the virus since the beginning of the pandemic in March. It also includes residents who have recovered or died.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control did not report any new coronavirus-related deaths on Monday in the county. According to the data, Beaufort County has not had a coronavirus-related death in three weeks.
Across the state, DHEC said there were 90 new cases and five additional deaths. The total number of South Carolinians who have tested positive for COVID-19 is 10,178, according to the latest figures. The health agency said 440 people have died after contracting the virus.
All of Hilton Head Island’s public beach accesses and parking lots were open starting Friday, and S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster announced tourist attractions could operate once again.
Coronavirus-related deaths
Here are the Beaufort County deaths recorded by the coroner’s office as of Saturday, May 23:
- 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 2,064 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 25.
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This story was originally published May 25, 2020 at 3:45 PM.
