COVID-19 in Charleston, S.C.19 cases are going up quickly in the Lowcountry.
Because of the rise, doctors are telling people to stay safe, wear masks in places with lots of people, and get vaccinated.
COVID-19 is a disease that doctors say never really went away.
The CDC says that in the last two weeks, 10.4% of South Carolinians who were tested for COVID came back positive. That’s a 1.2% rise from the previous week.
The South Carolina Department of Public Health says that summer is usually when there are more positive COVID cases.
Dr. Valerie Scott of Roper St. Francis says that this strain of COVID-19 is very common, but that the vaccines have helped people deal with it.
“I do think that people should look into that and think about it for themselves.” I do think that the shots have helped us deal with Covid a lot better. It’s still there, which is sad, but Dr. Valerie Scott from Roper St. Francis said, “At least for most of us, it’s much easier to deal with.”
Officials are looking at the trash in the area to find COVID-19. Doctors say that the rise that researchers found should serve as a warning to keep things simple.
“We can look at the wastewater to see if Covid is present there.” “And there’s been a huge rise in finding COVID and wastewater across the state,” said Dr. Michael Sweat of the MUSC Center for Global Health.
The interim head of DPH’s Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Dr. Martha Buchanan, said, “We all need to wash our hands often, cover our coughs, stay home when we’re sick, and make sure we have all of our shots up to date.”
The CDC says that everyone aged 6 months and up should get the new 2024–2025 vaccine when it comes out this fall.
