COVID-19 figures worry South Carolina health experts as cases spread to young adults
With a new COVID-19 spike in full swing and an increase in the percent of positive tests showing a higher rate of cases, it's likely we won't see an end to the pandemic any time soon. In fact, several South Carolina health experts believe the situation will only get worse.
"What we're seeing right now is something that we weren't expecting," said Mufaro Kanyangarara, an epidemiologist at the University of South Carolina. "I think with reopening plans in place, it's not likely that we're going to see significant declines in transmission."
After the lockdown ended amid calls for the economy to reopen, a rise in COVID-19 cases occurred in South Carolina. As of Monday, 58,003 people had been infected in S.C. and 961 had died. In Charleston County, there had been 7,832 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, with the second-highest rate of infection in the state.
On Thursday, state epidemiologist Linda Bell said case numbers could "rise to levels I don't care to imagine" if S.C. does not get its escalating numbers under control. "If we don't take action now, if we don't social distance and wear our masks, then we will see more of our friends, family members and loved ones become ill, hospitalized and even die," she added.
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