SC reports 4 cases of COVID-19 variant 1st found in India; Beaufort Co. outbreak improves
BY SAM OGOZALEK
MAY 20, 2021 02:56 PM
Dr. Linda Bell, the state?s top epidemiologist, is cautiously optimistic about South Carolina?s coronavirus outbreak, even with four cases of the B.1.617 lineage, a variant first discovered in India, now identified in the state.
Daily case counts have dropped by 97% since Jan. 8. And the state?s COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased by 43% in the past month.
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Two of the S.C. infections were recorded in the Midlands public health region, Bell said. The other two cases were reported in the Pee Dee region.
https://www.islandpacket.com/news/coronavirus/article251554728.html
BY SAM OGOZALEK
MAY 20, 2021 02:56 PM
Dr. Linda Bell, the state?s top epidemiologist, is cautiously optimistic about South Carolina?s coronavirus outbreak, even with four cases of the B.1.617 lineage, a variant first discovered in India, now identified in the state.
Daily case counts have dropped by 97% since Jan. 8. And the state?s COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased by 43% in the past month.
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Two of the S.C. infections were recorded in the Midlands public health region, Bell said. The other two cases were reported in the Pee Dee region.
https://www.islandpacket.com/news/coronavirus/article251554728.html