SC health officials see an encouraging recovery trend.

Of 111,294 SC covid-19 victims, 91.1% of them have recovered.

As of Sunday, SC had a reported 195,507 cases.

The recovery rate has been improving since May.

DHEC’s Laura Renwick supplied this recovery history to us:

• Early May: 78%

• Early July: 85%

• Early September: 92%

Unfortunately, county-by-county numbers are not yet available.

SC recovery rate data is based on the number of individuals the Department of Health and Environmental Control has symptoms data for.

These are not the total number of SC cases.

Of those 111,294 cases, 8.9% remain ill.

No deaths were reported Sunday in Lexington or Richland counties.

Lexington County had 58 new cases, Richland 54.

This was almost 50% fewer cases than Saturday.

DHEC reported only 2 SC elderly deaths Sunday.

DHEC announced these covid updates Sunday:

Cumulative totals

Confirmed and probable cases: 184,360/11,147

Confirmed and probable deaths: 3,846/266

Tests performed for South Carolinians: 2,331,961

Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/COVID19testing)

Current mobile testing events: 69

Current permanent testing sites available: 216

Percent positive

8,694 individual test results reported statewide yesterday (not including antibody tests)

15.4% tested positive as infected.

That means 84.6% tested negative as uninfected.

Facility reports

Hospital data (daily): scdhec.gov/COVID19hospitals

Extended care facility data (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata

Assisted living visitation status (Tuesdays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata

Private, public and charter schools (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/covid-19schools

The information above as well as extensive reporting on county-level information, demographics and more is available at scdhec.gov/COVID19. The website is updated between 1 – 3 pm weekdays and 11 am – 1 pm weekends.

Visit scdhec.gov/COVID-19vaccine for the latest vaccine information.