Coronavirus live updates June 7: Horry County has biggest case jump for 3rd day in a row
Horry County’s coronavirus case total continued to rise Sunday, with its largest number of new cases in one day for the third day in row, according to the latest numbers from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The Myrtle Beach area had 47 additional confirmed cases as of Sunday, bringing the county’s total to 617. Horry County’s total deaths remained at 31.
The area saw its biggest previous jumps since mid-March when the coronavirus pandemic started Friday, with 30 new cases, and Saturday, with 34 new cases.
In Georgetown County, there have been 85 confirmed cases and three deaths, according to DHEC.
Cases across South Carolina rose by 390 on Sunday, bringing totals to 14,286 with 546 COVID-19 deaths.
Across South Carolina that have been more than 238,000 COVID-19 tests with about 9 percent testing positive. DHEC does not release the number of tests completed by county. The state has a recovery rate at 83 percent.
Last weekend, Tidelands Health offered 1,000 free coronavirus tests to locals. Conway Medical Center announced Friday that it will provided free COVID-19 tests next week.
This week the county added more than 100 new COVID-19 cases to its total count.
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Myrtle Beach area June 7.
Today’s takeaways:
Roads and boat landings were flooded around the Conway area Friday as the Waccamaw River was forecast to crest Saturday evening. Find further details here.
Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, a restaurant chain co-owned by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, announced Friday that it plans to open June 22. It was supposed to open in the spring, but coronavirus complications pushed the opening back.
Protests continued across the Grand Strand in honor of George Floyd, the man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis about two weeks ago. More demonstrations were planned for Sunday and area police released a statement on Friday regarding the protests.
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