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Buttigieg, SC capital city mayor teaming up on COVID effort
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has teamed up with the mayor of South Carolina's capital city to help municipalities stem the spread of the coronavirus. Columbia, South Carolina, Mayor Steve Benjamin said Thursday that he and Buttigieg have...
The Latest: Oklahoma athletics cutting $13.7M from budget
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Oklahoma athletics department has announced $13.7 million in budget cuts it blames on fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, including a 10% salary drop for any employee earning at least $1,000,000 per year. Athletic...
Huge spike in COVID-19 cases overwhelms S. Carolina tracers
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina reported more people in the hospital and more deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday than any day since the pandemic began in March, overwhelming the ability to track cases and try to slow the spreading outbreak, the state's top infectious disease specialist said. The spike...
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ June 28 The Post and Courier on some cities in South Carolina mandating that people wear masks in public spaces, including in restaurants: South Carolina’s hospitality industry got overtaken by events this past week — in a good way —...
As July 4 approaches, SC health officials urge staying home
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As South Carolina approaches a holiday weekend often an anchor for its typically booming tourism industry, and the state's numbers of positive coronavirus tests continue to rise, public health officials are encouraging people to just stay home. Dr. Joan Duwve, public health director...
COVID-19: More than 1,000 people hospitalized in S Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina hospitals now hold more than 1,000 patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, and more than 10 localities have ordered people to wear masks to fight transmission of the coronavirus that causes the disease. There are now 1,032 such patients, the Department...
South Carolina reports second highest day for virus cases
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina continues to see a surge of coronavirus cases as state health officials on Sunday reported more than 1,300 new cases. The Department of Health and Environmental Control on Sunday has confirmed 1,366 new cases, the second highest number reported in a single day since...
SC tops 1,500 new coronavirus cases Saturday for new record
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Department of Health and Environmental Control reported nearly 1,600 new cases of the coronavirus Saturday in South Carolina, surpassing the previous daily record of 1,290 set on Tuesday. The state said the 1,599 new cases reported bring South Carolina's total cases to 31,850. The...
Governors face competing voices as reported virus cases rise
LAS VEGAS (AP) — As Nevada prepared to start reopening parts of its economy last month, a team of medical experts recommended to Gov. Steve Sisolak that he require people wear masks in public to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The governor promoted masks but resisted making them a requirement,...
S.C. Gov. McMaster says mask requirement unenforceable
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As South Carolina reported a record-high number of COVID-19 hospitalizations Friday, Gov. Henry McMaster doubled down on his stance that a statewide mask requirement could not be enforced. “There’s no way we can make somebody do something that they just don’t want...
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