South Carolina hits new record in daily COVID-19 cases, 7 days after setting previous record – WYFF4 Greenville

South Carolina hit another COVID-19 daily record number of new cases Friday, seven days after the previous state record, according to information from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.DHEC announced 3,648 new COVID-19 cases and 28 deaths related to coronavirus.That total is 431 cases higher than the previous record reported on Dec. 11, which was 3,217,All the daily updates are listed below:Today’s cases and deaths (scdhec.gov/COVID19) New confirmed/probable total cases: 3,648/130 Summary click here New confirmed/probable total deaths: 28/1 Summary click here Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)Confirmed and probable cases: 247,361/19,715 Confirmed and probable deaths: 4,512/360 Tests performed for South Carolinians: 3,251,816Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)Testing opportunities available statewide: 313Percent positive (scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)14,060 new individual test results reported statewide (not including antibody tests) 25.9% percent positiveFacility reportsHospital data (daily): scdhec.gov/COVID19hospitals Extended care facility data (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata Assisted living visitation status (Tuesdays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata Private, public and charter schools (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/schoolsThe information above as well as extensive reporting on county-level information, demographics and more is available at scdhec.gov/COVID19. The website is updated between 1 and 3 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. weekends. Visit scdhec.gov/COVID19vaccine for the latest vaccine information.Additional information and resourcesscemd.org scdmh.net accelerate.sc.gov