South Carolina coronavirus update from DHEC for July 24, 2020 – WYFF4 Greenville

THANKS RENEE NOW TO YOUR TOP CORONAVIRUS HEADLINES AT SIX NEW CDC SAFETY GUIDELINES OR OUT THE INTENT TO HELP SCHOOLS REOPEN THIS FALL. THE CDC SAYS IT’S PREPARED TO WORK WITH EACH JURISDICTION, ENCOURAGING THE USE OF HAND SANITIZERS AND FACE COVERINGS. CORONAVIRUS HOSPITALIZATIONS IN FLORIDA ARE UP 83.5% JULY 4TH, THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT 5,000 TODAY IT STANDS AT ABOUT 9,000. YOU’LL HAVE TO WEAR A MASK IN MCDONALD’S AND CHIPOTLE BOTH RESTAURANTS REQUIRING MASK FOR CUSTOMERS. CHIPOTLE’S ORDER IS EFFECTIVE RIGHT AWAY MCDONALD’S ORDER STARTS ON AUGUST 1ST AND ALLAH IS CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR YOU TONIGHT DHEC ANNOUNCING 1921 NEW CONFIRMED CASES THEIR LAST WORD. THAT’S OF A NEWLY REPORTED 8800 77 THE PERCENT POSITIVE OVER 21. IT’S BEEN OVER 24 THREE OF THE LAST FOUR DAYS AND THIS TONIGHT DX HAS 46 MORE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL CONFIRMED DEATHS TO 1339 SOME COMPARISON SOME CONTEXT FOR YOU HERE. DHEC SAYS 149 PEOPLE DIED FROM FLU COMPLICATIONS THIS SEASON. RIGHT NOW THEY’RE 1668 COVID-19 PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 263 OF THEM ARE ON VENTILATORS. WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT SPARTANBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT’S RETURN TO LEARN PLANS OUR NOLAN BLAIR SHARES THE DETAILS ALL SEVEN DISTRICTS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY WILL BE OFFERING A VIRTUAL OPTION FOR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO SOME SORT OF IN-CLASS LEARNING IT GOES BACK TO PARENTS WILL FACE. WHAT WE WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE MANY PARENTS THAT WANT THEIR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND PERSON EACH DISTRICT IS GIVING STUDENTS THE OPTION TO BE PUT INTO TWO GROUPS WITH ALTERNATE IN CLASS AND LEARNING DURING THE WEEK. DISTRICT TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WILL RETURN ON A STAGGERED START SCHEDULE AND BEGAN ON AUGUST 31ST WILL COME TO SCHOOL FOR FIVE DAYS A WEEK STAYING WITH THEIR HOMEROOM DISTRICT 5 SHARED ITS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE RE-EVALUATING CONTINUOUSLY. AGAIN, WE ARE SAYING THAT WE WANT TO GET BACK TO FIVE DAYS FULL FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION AS SOON AS SAFE TO DO SO SCHOOL START AUGUST 17TH REPORTING IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY NOLAN BLAIR WYFF NEWS 4 WYFF NEWS 4 INVESTIGATES REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL LOCAL HOSPITAL SYSTEMS AFTER QUESTIONS CAME IN ABOUT PAYMENTS TO HOSPITALS RECEIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS AND DEATHS A SPOKESWOMAN FROM ANMED TOLD US THE CARES ACT PROVIDES HOSPITALS AT 20% ADD-ON PAYMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 BON SECOURS ST. FRANCIS SPOKESWOMAN DELIVER THE SAME MESSAGE ALSO SAYING THERE’S ADDITIONAL FUNDS COVER ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE COST OF THE CARE. SHE SAYS BON SECOURS DOES NOT BUILD PATIENCE. COVID-19 CARE BOTH SYSTEMS SAY THERE ARE NO REIMBURSEMENTS FOR HOW A PATIENT’S DEATH IS CLASSIFIED CLEMSON FOOTBALL FANS HAVE SPOKEN THE CLEMSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES RELEASED THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY ABOUT A RETURN TO FOOTBALL THIS SEASON, THE SURVEY INVOLVES SEASON TICKET HOLDERS THE SERVO COVERED CAPACITY AT GAMES TAILGATING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A SPRING FOOTBALL SEASON THAT WILL CORDING TO DATA PRESENTED AT THIS MORNING’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING 83 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY WOULD BE COMFORTABLE. TWO GAMES IN THE FALL WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES FIFTY FOUR PERCENT OF PEOPLE THEY WOULD PREFER FALL FOR BALL WITHOUT FANS AS OPPOSED TO SPRING FOOTBALL WITH FANS. ALSO COVERED IN THIS MORNING’S MEETING. HOW WOULD THE SCHOOL HANDLE INFECTED STUDENTS? WOULD BE REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE. THEY ALSO SAID STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE HOUSING AND DINING CREDITS FOR THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE SEMESTER W