(Columbia, SC) -- There are over a thousand new coronavirus cases in the Palmetto State.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 1,011 new cases yesterday, bringing the total number of cases to 99,713 since the pandemic began.
Eighteen more confirmed deaths were also reported, for a total death toll of 1,949.
Those deaths occurred over multiple days and are reported once the data is received by DHEC.