White House report: Myrtle Beach area bumped down to orange zone for COVID-19 cases (Source: AP) By Kristin Nelson | March 9, 2021 at 4:48 PM EST - Updated March 9 at 4:48 PM WASHINGTON (WMBF) – A new White House report shows the Grand Strand and Pee Dee are making huge strides when it comes to combatting the spread of the coronavirus. A new report released on Monday shows the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach areas are now in the orange zone when it comes to new cases and test positivity last week. It means that from Feb. 20 to Feb. 26, the area only saw between 50-99 cases per 100,000 people. The Myrtle Beach area has spent the last several weeks in the red zone.