More than 900 new COVID-19 cases reported Thursday as SC's surge continues - WIS10

(WIS) - Thursday, the Department for Health and Environmental Control reported 474 new confirmed cases and 455 new probable cases of the virus.

Probable cases are treated as confirmed cases by doctors, DHEC says.

While new cases of COVID-19 were on the decline in South Carolina in June, now cases are on the rise.

The number of COVID-19 cases remains low compared to the surge over the winter, but case counts are climbing -- hitting levels not seen in South Carolina since before the vaccine was readily-available.

As of July 20, DHEC reported that of vaccine-eligible South Carolina residents:.

DHEC has a dashboard that shows the number of cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 in South Carolina.

To date, there have been 54 reported cases of the highly-contagious delta variant of COVID-19 in South Carolina.

DHEC says all of these factors need to be considered when evaluating the spread of COVID-19 in South Carolina.