The number of new COVID-19 cases in South Carolina has steadily declined since early January, but even so, Palmetto State has consistently been at the top of the national rankings.
Adjusted for the population size of each state, the new South Carolina daily reports on COVID-19 cases were in slot no. 1 of the COVID Follow-up Project for approximately two weeks in a row.
A weekly White House report also placed South Carolina in the weakest range for new cases, with a rate nearly double the national average and 20 percent higher than New York, which was the state on the the second place. South Carolina ranked 7th in new hospital admissions in the week leading up to the February 17 report.
State level numbers
New reported cases: 1,585 confirmed, 393 probable.
Total cases in SC: 432,780 confirmed, 65,157 probable.
Positive percentage: 9 percent.
New reported deaths: 51 confirmed, 13 probable.
Total deaths in SC: 7,325 confirmed, 88 probable.
Percentage of filled ICU beds: 77 percent.
How is SC classified in vaccines given to 100,000 people?
42 of February 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The most affected areas
In the total number of newly confirmed cases, Greenville (197), Richland (139) and Horry (137) counties recorded the highest totals.
What about tri-county?
Charleston County had 101 new cases on Feb. 19, while Berkeley had 28 and Dorchester had 25.
deaths
One of the recently confirmed deaths of COVID-19 reported on February 19 was in a young adult between the ages of 18 and 34. Twelve were in people between the ages of 35 and 64, and the rest were patients aged 65 and over.
hospitalization
Of the 1,122 patients with COVID-19 hospitalized since February 19, 265 were in the IU and 151 were using ventilators.
What do the experts say?
With 13.8 million gunshots in the United States, the CDC said in a February 19 investigation report that safety data is still reassuring.
All those who administer vaccines must report “adverse events” to government health officials. Of all these doses administered, there were 7,000 reports of side effects. Nine out of 10 of these incidents were not serious, including symptoms such as headache, nausea, dizziness, chills and fatigue.
These initial findings should provide reassurance to health care providers and vaccine recipients and promote confidence in the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC researchers wrote. They added that the vaccine safety monitoring system is the largest of its kind in US history.
And, although 113 people died within days of receiving the vaccine, no deaths were related to COVID-19 vaccination.
