By Mike McCombs Monday was an anomaly over the past month and a half – there were no new cases of COVID-19 novel coronavirus reported for Beaufort County by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). The beat picked back up Tuesday with four more new cases. I would argue the beat… Keep Reading
By Mike McCombs The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) on Friday reported five more deaths as a result of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 31. DHEC reported 261 additional cases, bringing the statewide total cases to 1,554 in all 46 counties. Twenty-nine… Keep Reading
By Mike McCombs Beaufort County has reported its second death as a result of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, according to numbers released Wednesday afternoon by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). The county also saw 10 new confirmed cases, bringing the total 101. Statewide, there were 210 new cases on Wednesday,… Keep Reading
By Mike McCombs On the day South Carolina broke the 1,000-case mark and a day after Beaufort County saw its first death from the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, S.C. Governor Henry McMaster ordered all non-essential businesses closed in the state, still falling short of a shelter-in-place order desired by the mayors of the four municipalities in… Keep Reading