24 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Beaufort County Sunday; one death in Jasper County

Beaufort County’s seven-day average continued to climb Sunday as 24 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the county by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Overall the county has recorded 590 coronavirus cases since the pandemic started.

No new deaths were reported in Beaufort County Sunday.

The state’s only death Sunday was in Jasper County, a middle-aged individual. No other information was available Sunday.

As of Thursday, Bluffton led the county with 154 cases. Bluffton cases jumped by eight from Saturday to Sunday.

South Carolina recorded 18,795 cases of the novel coronavirus and 600 deaths as of June 14.

The highest increase in cases within the county since the pandemic started was recorded Friday at 33.

The county’s highest seven-day average was recorded Sunday at 21. The county’s lowest seven-day average for new cases was zero on May 9.

About 67% of hospital beds statewide were in use Sunday.

About 521 of the 7,023 beds were occupied by patients who either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19.

DHEC data shows 67.6% of the beds in Beaufort County were in use and 56.6% in Jasper County.

DHEC does not provide a county-by-county breakdown of how hospital beds are being used.

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.
• 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 3,624 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 for 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.

DHEC counts deaths based on where the patient lives rather than where he or she died.

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