28 new COVID-19 cases reported in Beaufort County on Sunday, for total of 4,344
Beaufort County’s 28 new coronavirus cases Sunday brings the total to 4,344 since March, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The Bluffton ZIP code of 29910 continued to lead the county with 1,084 cases.
South Carolina has recorded 104,466 cases of the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
No new deaths were reported in Beaufort County on Sunday.
Since the pandemic started, 60 people in Beaufort County have died of COVID-19, according to data from DHEC and the Beaufort County Coroner’s Office. That number includes 28 deaths recorded in July — the county’s deadliest month for the disease.
Ten deaths have been reported so far in August in the county.
South Carolina has had 2,165 confirmed deaths since the pandemic began, including 9 confirmed on Sunday. Two of the individuals are described as middle aged (35 to 64) and seven as elderly, meaning 65 or older.
Beaufort County’s seven-day average of new daily coronavirus cases was 36 as of Sunday. That it is the lowest the average has been since late June.
The highest average since the pandemic started was recorded on July 31 at 98.
The county’s lowest seven-day average for new cases was zero on May 9.
Between Aug. 2 and Saturday, the county had a high incidence rate of 385.2 per 100,000 people, according to DHEC.
The county showed a stable two-week incidence rate trend, meaning cases did not significantly increase or decrease from the previous two weeks.
Of the 37,628 tests completed in the county since the pandemic started, 16% have been positive.
Eleven percent of the 4,886 COVID-19 tests completed statewide Saturday were positive, DHEC says.
There have been 224 hospitalizations in Beaufort County since the pandemic started.
About 9% of the county’s COVID-19 patients required hospitalization at the time of illness, DHEC reports.
Sixty-one percent or 174 Beaufort County hospital beds were occupied Saturday.
Nearly 78% of inpatient hospital beds statewide were occupied as of Thursday. COVID-19 patients accounted for 1,161 of the 7,964 occupied beds.
Of the 1,608 ventilators statewide, 553 are in use and 188 of those are COVID-19 patients.
COVID-19 patients also are occupying 290 of the 1,447 intensive care unit beds in the state.
Cases by ZIP code
Here is the breakdown of confirmed coronavirus cases in Beaufort County by ZIP code:
- 816 positive in Beaufort (29902)
- 445 positive northwest of Beaufort (29906)
- 205 positive east of Beaufort (29907)
- 204 positive in Okatie (29909)
- 1,055 positive in Bluffton (29910)
- 4 positive on Daufuskie Island (29915)
- 190 positive on St. Helena Island (29920)
- 527 positive on Hilton Head Island (29926)
- 240 positive on Hilton Head (29928)
- 77 positive in Port Royal (29935)
- 336 positive in Ridgeland (29936)
- 260 positive in Hardeeville (29927)
- 94 positive in Seabrook (29940)
- 5 positive in Sheldon (29941)
- 94 positive in Yemassee (29945)
Beaufort County could have as many as 4,344 undiagnosed cases, DHEC officials say.
Positive cases are those in which a patient has been tested for and been diagnosed with coronavirus. Because of a lack of access to testing, state health officials have said that for every confirmed case, up to nine people could be infected but have not been tested.
The total count 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 correct 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 that people who die 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.