Coronavirus: Second York County death reported as SC cases near 2,000
A second person from York County has died from coronavirus, or COVID-19, health officials reported Saturday.
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control officials announced 217 new cases Saturday, bringing the total to 1,917 in the state.
Officials said six more people have died related to coronavirus. One person was from York County, two were residents of Lexington County and others were from Beaufort, Georgetown and Richland counties.
In total, 40 people have died from the virus in South Carolina, reports DHEC.
As of Friday, DHEC had conducted 7,017 tests for COVID-19 in its public health lab , a release states. Of those, 806 were positive and 6,211 were negative.
More than 18,300 tests have been completed by DHEC’s public lab and private labs in the state, DHEC reports. Results are provided to healthcare providers within 24 to 48 hours.
York County has a total of 81 positive cases, Chester County has 12 and Lancaster County has 39, according to DHEC.
No deaths have been reported in Chester or Lancaster counties.
DHEC is now providing the number of positive cases by zip code.
York County has cases in:
- 29708 - 10
- 29710 - 10
- 29715 - 19
- 29730 - 14
- 29732 - 23
- 29745 - 4
- Unknown - 1
Chester County has cases in:
- 29055 - 2
- 29706 - 5
- 29712 - 1
- 29714 - 1
- Unknown - 3
Lancaster County has cases in:
- 29058 - 2
- 29067 - 2
- 29707 - 11
- 29720 - 24
This story was originally published April 4, 2020 at 4:57 PM.
