3 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Beaufort County Wednesday. 401 cases total
Three new coronavirus cases were reported in Beaufort County on Wednesday for a total of 401, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.
No new deaths were reported in the county.
Since May 19, Beaufort County has had as many as 22 new coronavirus cases reported in a single day. There was one day during that period when the county had no new cases.
South Carolina recorded 12,651 cases of coronavirus and 518 deaths as of June 3.
Statewide, DHEC reported 17 new deaths Wednesday.
Coronavirus-related deaths
Here are the Beaufort County deaths recorded by the coroner’s office as of Wednesday.
- 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.
- A 73-year-old Okatie woman who died May 26.
- A 59-year-old Okatie man who died May 27.
Cases by ZIP code
Beaufort County could have as many as 2,864 undiagnosed cases, DHEC officials say.
DHEC does not provide an overall, county-by-county number of cases versus the number of people who have recovered. It also does not release any identifying information or specifics concerning underlying conditions a patient might have.
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 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 June 2.
Coronavirus cases at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are being reported in the 29902 ZIP code.