South Carolina health officials release latest COVID-19 update for March 25, 2021 – WYFF4 Greenville

YOUR NUMBERS HERE LOCALLY FILL 551 NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTEDLY CROSS SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY WITH LESS THAN 4% POSITIVE ON THE TEST THAT ARE BACK DECK REPORTS 31 MORE DEATHS THOUGH AROUND THE STATE. THE STATEWIDE DEATH TOLL IS NOW OVER 8,000 PEOPLE 547 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED RIGHT NOW WITH COVID-19 ABOUT 400 LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND WYFF NEWS 4 INVESTIGATES SPENT TIME TODAY BREAKING DOWN WHERE THOSE MEDICAL FACILITIES AND PHARMACIES ARE 10 COUNTIES IN THE STATE HAVE AT LEAST 14 PLACES TAKING APPOINTMENTS GREENVILLE GREENWOOD SPARTANBURG AND ANDERSON ARE ON THAT LIST. WE ALSO COMPARE THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS TAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THE POPULATIONS OF THOSE COUNTIES. MCCORMICK COUNTY HAS THE FEWEST PEOPLE 15 OR OLDER PER VACCINE LOCATION. AUDI ALSO HAS THE HIGHEST VACCINATION RATE IN THE STATE. SPARTANBURG AND GREENVILLE COUNTY HAVE SOME OF THE MOST PEOPLE PER VACCINE LOCATION IN THE STATE THOUGH. THAT DOESN’T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT LARGER FACILITIES IN THESE COUNTIES CAN ACCEPT MORE APPOINTMENTS THAN SMALL PHARMACIES IN NORTH CAROLINA MORE THAN 2100 NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 ON THIS THURSDAY GOVERNOR ROY COOPER ALSO ANNOUNCING THIS AFTERNOON THAT MORE THAN 4.3 MILLION DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA ONE IN THREE ADULTS HAS RECEIVED THE FIRST DOSE ONE IN FIVE ALREADY. VACCINATED THERE. ARE NOT THERE YET? BUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WILL HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLY FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS A VACCINE TO GET ONE. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS EACH OF US IS GOING TO HAVE TO TALK WITH OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ARE HESITATING ABOUT GETTING VACCINATED. AND CONVINCE THEM TO DO IT. TAKE A LOOK HERE. THE GOVERNOR ALSO ANNOUNCED THE REST OF GROUP FOUR MORE ESSENTIAL WORKERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE VACCINE ON WEDNESDAY THEN AGAIN ON APRIL 7TH EVERY ADULT IN NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE ELIGIBLE IN GEORGIA OVER 1200 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 REPORTED TODAY JUST UNDER 5% POSITIVE AND 82 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.