74 new COVID-19 cases reported last week in Beaufort County, 4 in Jasper County – Bluffton Today

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New coronavirus cases leaped in South Carolina in the week ending Sunday, rising 67.9% as 1,496 cases were reported. The previous week had 891 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.

South Carolina ranked 40th among the states where the coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States increased 57.1% from the week before, with 351,599 cases reported.

With 1.55% of the country's population, South Carolina had 0.43% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 42 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.

Beaufort County reported 74 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 48 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 43,130 cases and 376 deaths.

Jasper County reported four cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported one case and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 5,893 cases and 93 deaths.

Within South Carolina, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in McCormick County with 85 cases per 100,000 per week; Kershaw County with 69; and Allendale County with 46. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.

Adding the most new cases overall were Charleston County, with 180 cases; Greenville County, with 158 cases; and Richland County, with 154. Weekly case counts rose in 37 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Richland, Greenville and York counties.

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South Carolina ranked 34th among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 67.3% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 77.5%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart.

In the week ending Sunday, South Carolina reported administering another 1,078 vaccine doses, including 1,346 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 1,096 vaccine doses, including 1,627 first doses. In all, South Carolina reported it has administered 7,389,108 total doses.

Across South Carolina, cases fell in five counties, with the best declines in Abbeville County, with 2 cases from 5 a week earlier; in Greenwood County, with 11 cases from 13; and in Bamberg County, with 0 cases from 1.

In South Carolina, 36 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 48 people were reported dead.

A total of 1,472,093 people in South Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 17,734 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 80,984,914 people have tested positive and 991,254 people have died.

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USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, April 24.

Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:

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Hospitals in 37 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 25 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 42 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.

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