COVID-19

COVID-19 Research

Lander University, College of Charleston publish results of COVID-19 restaurant survey in top tier academic journal At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, many of our state’s scientists, government officials and businesses came together to search for answers to how day-to-day...

Tourism Recovery

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Support Implementation of Marketing Plan to Aid Reopening of Tourism Economy in South Carolina WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has announced that the Department’s Economic Development...

Covid spike cancels event

POSTPONED. The drop-in to celebrate Gene's retirement from the Clinton YMCA scheduled for Monday, December 21 has been postponed due to the spike in COVID cases. --- Thanks, Patti Nelson/Clinton YMCA

Recovery Rate: 88.7%

COVID-19 SC recovery rate: 87.7% SC infection rate 20.3% -- Dec. 14, 2020; District 56 going to eLearning, 5,661 infections in SC Schools. 71 Fatalities in Laurens County -- 3,124 additional Americans dead, Dec 9; US DEATHS - 300,592 - COVID-19; on Monday, Laurens County likely will top 3,000...

First full week of December: The Spike

COVID-19: SC Infections are approaching A Quarter Million -- Clinton infections top 830 - 120 infections at Presbyterian College - Laurens library limits hours, 2 MORE Deaths in Laurens County today. The Winter Surge Is Here: 2,538 new confirmed cases in South Carolina Dec. 6 -- Percent...

Record-setting Deaths Day

3,157 new deaths on Dec. 2 - setting a new United States record for COVID-19 -- Clinton infections top 800. HEALTHY VENTILATION (below) --- Laurens County infections top 2,500 -- Laurens has 99 more covid infections than Clinton, based on zip codes, Nov. 30 - 220 probable cases in Newberry...

COVID-19 Snapshot as November Ends

Laurens County infections top 2,500 -- Laurens has 99 more covid infections than Clinton, based on zip codes, Nov. 30 - 220 probable cases in Newberry County. More SC school testing & basketball canceled (below). Nationwide death toll hit 2,157 on Tuesday, Nov. 24 -- first time over 2,000...

A COVID-19 Snapshot - Pre-Thanksgiving

60 probable new infections in Laurens County - COVID-19, Nov. 23, and 230 cases at Whitten Center, newspaper report. SC Recovery Rate: 90.7%. 1,707 new Covid deaths on Nov. 17th (nationwide, the deadliest day in six months) -- 3,553 cases recorded in SC Schools, new update coming Nov. 24 --...

Pre-Thanksgiving Covid Snapshot

1,707 new Covid deaths on Nov 17th nationwide, the deadliest day in six months -- 3,271 cases recorded in SC Schools -- 71% of hotels won’t make it. 2,233 - Laurens County -- 732 in Clinton: COVID-19 infections - 2 Schools and the Library are closed; 103 Presbyterian College student cases...

When we let our guard down

VIC: Tired of it That’s when it gets you - veterans wear masks Nov 11 per CDC protocols. More info on our WEB - MyClintonNews.com - on the coronavirus -- the file is 33 pages now. The greatest challenge this nation faces now, after the election, is getting rid of the coronavirus. Our...