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Flu and Coronavirus Tracking October 18, 2021

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

Nationwide there have been 44,801,768 reported cases and 722,212 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 8,971 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 2021-22 influenza season for South Carolina began on October 3, 2021.

Week of : October 3 to October 9, 2021

Influenza Activity: Not yet listed

Influenza Like Illness Activity Level: No Change

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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