Covid-19: Greenwood Report
As of yesterday’s report, Greenwood County had 145 additional confirmed cases in the county for a total of 16,077 cases confirmed since 21 March 2020. Remember this is only those which have been confirmed and is for those who were tested a minimum of two days ago. This means there are others who have been tested and are in quarantine awaiting results. Additionally, an individual can be asymptomatic, (contagious but shows no symptoms), and may choose not to be tested.
The first 13,124 cases in Greenwood County were reported over 15 days ago, so there are 13,124 individuals who should have recovered from the virus. Additionally, Greenwood County has had 222 confirmed deaths due to the virus. This brings Greenwood County’s remaining estimated total of active confirmed cases to 3,192. DHEC does not track recovered individuals by county, so this number is an estimate based on the following: Most individuals recover from the virus within this time frame.
From 5 January until 18 January (2 weeks), Greenwood has had 2,549 confirmed cases out of a population of 70,811. This equates to an incident rate of 3,599.7 per 100,000 individuals which is rated as high by SCDHEC. (Low = 50 or less; Medium = 51 – 200; High = 201 or more)
As of 19 January, Self Regional reported 78 COVID-19 patients with 13 in ICU. Of these, 4 patients are on ventilation.
