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Flu and Coronavirus Tracking October 9, 2020

Coronavirus Illness (COVID-19) Tracking!

These CDC US reports includes all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands. These are cases reported to the CDC since January 21, 2020.

Nationwide there have been 7,583,200 reported cases and 212,111 reported deaths associated with COVID-19.

Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Director at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases said in a CDC telebriefing on 3-4-2020: “States are reporting results quickly and in the event of a discrepancy between CDC and state case counts, the state case counts should always be considered more up to date.”

As of this posting, in South Carolina over the last 7 days there have been 6,432 new reported cases associated with COVID-19. Click here for more information on COVID-19 in South Carolina.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-in-us.html

 

Flu Tracking! 

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

The 2020-21 influenza season for South Carolina began on September 27, 2020.

Week of  September 27 to October 3, 2020

Geographic Spread: No flu activity.

Influenza Activity: Overall, no change.

Influenza Like Illness Activity Level: Minimal

Hospitalizations in SC: 3 this season, in the past week

Flu-Associated Deaths in SC: 0 this season, 0 this week

https://www.scdhec.gov/health/flu/flu-watch-data-reports-maps

 

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