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DHEC Debuting Concise COVID-19 Update Friday, November 13; Latest COVID-19 Update (November 11, 2020)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 11, 2020
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Beginning Friday, Nov. 13, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will provide a more concise format of the daily COVID-19 news release. The same information currently included in the daily news release will be provided in this new format, as well as the corresponding links to the COVID-19 webpage where that information also is available.
The most current COVID-19 data on DHEC’s website is available here.
Latest COVID-19 Update (November 11, 2020)
Today, DHEC announced 987 new confirmed cases and 111 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 13 additional confirmed deaths and 1 new probable death.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 178,524, probable cases to 10,471, confirmed deaths to 3,809, and 267 probable deaths.
Confirmed and probable cases: please click here.
Confirmed and probable deaths: please click here.
Be Positive You’re Negative
DHEC urges South Carolinians to be positive you're negative by routinely getting tested if you're regularly out in the community. It's especially important to get tested before and after holiday traveling or events. Visit scdhec.gov/findatest for a testing location near you. DHEC-sponsored testing is free, doesn't require insurance, and results are available within 72 hours. DHEC's testing options have expanded to include shallow nasal testing, an oral swab, or a saliva test at different locations.
Testing in South Carolina
As of yesterday, a total of 2,225,627 tests have been conducted in the state. See a detailed breakdown of tests in South Carolina on the Data and Projections webpage. DHEC’s Public Health Laboratory is operating extended hours and is testing specimens seven days a week, and the Public Health Laboratory’s current timeframe for providing results to health care providers is 24-48 hours.
Percent Positive
The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 6,074 (not including antibody tests) and the percent positive was 16.2%.
Hospital Bed Occupancy
Hospitals report their information each day to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by way of TeleTracking, and that same reporting is also provided to DHEC. Click here to view data from today's TeleTracking report.
COVID-19 Information
For the latest information related to COVID-19 visit scdhec.gov/COVID19. Visit scdmh.net for stress, anxiety and mental health resources from the S.C. Department of Mental Health.
*As new information is provided to DHEC, some changes in previously reported data may occur. DHEC’s COVID-19 online data will adjust to reflect any new information in order to have the data and information be as current and accurate as possible at any given time.