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SC CORONAVIRUS STATS
Number of new reported cases: 13,164 (1,573,585 total)
Number of new reported deaths: 0 (18,055 total)
Percent of positive: 62.4%
Percent of S.C. residents fully vaccinated: 22.9 percent
White House officials urged older Americans to get a second COVID-19 booster shot as more infectious variants of the omicron strain spread. South Carolina hospitals are also seeing more patients, including increasing hospitalizations of children.
Officials have been closely monitoring the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the omicron strain, which have now become the dominant strain.
