SC retroactively reports record day of nearly 7,000 COVID cases as DHEC corrects error
David Travis Bland, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Jan. 16—COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina has had more coronavirus cases this month than originally reported, including one day with a record 6,824 cases, the Department of Health and Environmental Control reported Saturday.
The cases reported Saturday reflect data corrections for six days this month. The department previously reported that an "internal systems error" affecting one of DHEC's vendors had resulted in incomplete case counts Jan. 8 to 13, The State reported.
With the corrected data, four of the six days this month now have higher cases than originally reported. On some days, the difference is an increase of thousands of new COVID-19 cases.