93 new COVID-19 cases reported in Beaufort County Sunday, bringing the total to 2,392

Ninty-three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Beaufort County on Sunday, bringing the total to 2,392 since the pandemic began, according to data from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

As of Sunday, the Bluffton ZIP code of 29910 continued to lead the county with 642 cases.

South Carolina has recorded 69,765 cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,138 confirmed deaths since the pandemic began.

No new confirmed deaths were reported for Beaufort County.

This month Beaufort County has seen six deaths from COVID-19. Seven were recorded in June.

Since the pandemic began, 27 people have died in the county, according to coroner’s office data.

There were 19 confirmed deaths reported Sunday statewide. Sixteen of the individuals were elderly and three middle aged.

Beaufort County’s seven-day average of new daily coronavirus cases was 73 Sunday.

The highest seven-day average of 80 was recorded on Thursday.

The county’s lowest seven-day average for new cases was zero on May 9.

DHEC reported Beaufort County as one of 32 counties with the highest incidence rates in the state. Health officials reported that the 32 counties each had 301 cases or more per 100,000 people reported between June 30 and July 13.

The state agency also reported that every county in the state but six — Sumter, Marlboro, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens and Pickens — were seeing an increase in incidence rates for the past two weeks compared to the previous two-week period.

Eighteen percent of 12,679 COVID-19 tests completed statewide Saturday were positive, DHEC says.

Beaufort County could have as many as 14,694 undiagnosed cases, DHEC officials say.

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 has put a hold on reporting state hospital data as it transitions to a new national data program.

The total count of cases includes anyone who has tested positive since the pandemic started. The data also includes those who have recovered or died.

DHEC’s totals can have small increases and decreases day to day as officials find discrepancies in the data.

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 someone who dies from the coronavirus might have had.

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.