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New deaths from COVID-19 remained high Wednesday in Georgia and South Carolina even as cases seem to be dwindling.
Georgia added 139 new deaths to blow past 12,000 to reach 12,135 with 4,074 new cases for 731,826, the Department of Public Health reported.
Richmond County saw 91 new cases for 16,490, Columbia County had 55 more for 9,406, McDuffie County added 30 for 1,390, and Screven County saw 11 more at 691.
All other counties had single-digit increases: seven in Burke for 1,503, one in Jefferson for 1,411, four in Jenkins for 655, three in Lincoln for 433, four in Warren for 322, and two in Glascock for 122. Wilkes County at 587 and Taliaferro at 88 were unchanged.
Columbia County suffered two more deaths for 114 total, Burke County lost a patient for 24 and Jenkins County had a new death for 35, with deaths from Aiken, pushing the area s toll to 740.
Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Aiken received $15.1 million in health-related relief from the CARES act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.
According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in South Carolina received $1.2 billion in health-related relief from the CARES act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The largest recipient of funding in the state was Prisma Health-Upstate with a total of $131 million. The average loan size in the city was $145,137 while the state s average loan amount was $258,718.
Of the money distributed, $30 billion went out automatically to health providers based on previous year medicare payments. If the money wasn t returned within 90 days the provider is then automatically entered into the repayment terms that are issued by HHS. With the money going out automatically and the rules constantly changing, some of the businesses that received the money weren t eligible to r
New COVID-19 cases shot past 7,000 in Georgia and stayed above 4,000 in South Carolina as positive test rates shot up there and across Augusta.
Georgia added 7,072 new cases to reach 609,868 with 65 new deaths for 10,100, the Department of Public Health reported. Richmond County saw 133 new cases for 13,557, Columbia County had 71 more for 7,770 and McDuffie County added 16 for 1,065. All other counties saw single-digit increases: six in Burke for 1,229, eight in Jefferson for 1,211, four in Jenkins for 551, five in Screven for 572, eight in Wilkes for 482, two in Lincoln for 350, one in Warren for 226, one in Glascock for 98 and one in Taliaferro for 62.
Richmond County suffered three new deaths for 224, Columbia County lost two patients for 89, Burke County suffered a loss for 17 and Lincoln County had a new death for 10, along with two deaths in Aiken, which raised the area s toll to 606.