DHEC: High percent positive of COVID-19 comes from delayed results in latest cases
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina recorded 649 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday with 31 more deaths, according to the Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC reported 1,991 individual test results Saturday, putting the percentage of tests returning positive at 32.6%, the highest percent of positive tests since the virus was discovered in South Carolina.
The high percent positive reported is a result of the delayed test results, DHEC said.
The average rate of positive tests continues to decline from the state’s high points in July, when it consistently topped 20%, but it is still above the 5% mark health experts, including DHEC state epidemiologist Linda Bell, have cited as a goal.
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