1 new COVID-19 death, 30 cases announced in Beaufort Co. Tuesday
State health officials on Tuesday reported a new COVID-19-related death in Beaufort County.
The person, who died Monday, was described as elderly.
Since the pandemic began, 66 people in Beaufort County have died after being infected by the coronavirus, according to S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control data.
DHEC also announced 30 new coronavirus cases in Beaufort County on Tuesday. Since March, 4,766 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the county. Twenty-five probable cases have also been identified.
Beaufort County’s seven-day average of new daily cases was 25.1 Tuesday, following a downward trend seen throughout most of August.
Hospitals in the county reported a decline in the number of COVID-19 patients receiving treatment last week.
And although COVID-19 restrictions are still in place around South Carolina, some private high schools, including Hilton Head Christian Academy, played their first football games Friday night.
DHEC on Tuesday said that, beginning Sept. 4, state health officials will release biweekly reports on the 30-day rolling counts of confirmed cases among students, teachers and faculty at public and private schools in the state.
There have been 118,116 confirmed coronavirus cases statewide since March, DHEC data show. The health agency confirmed 761 additional cases Tuesday and 37 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state.
The disease has resulted in 2,626 confirmed deaths statewide.
About 73% of Beaufort County’s hospital beds were occupied as of late Monday. That number was higher in Jasper County at 80.5%.
Across South Carolina, 894 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Tuesday, with 232 of those people in an intensive care unit, according to DHEC.
Positive cases are those in which a patient has been tested for and diagnosed with the 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 began. 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.
The state agency 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 a 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.
