COLUMBIA — With case numbers continuing to rise throughout the state, Pickens County reported seven new COVID-19 deaths over the past week.

According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, there were seven confirmed death in the county in the one-week period from last Tuesday to Monday, when the latest numbers were available.

Pickens County remains the worst of the state’s 46 counties in infection rate, with 16,974.4 cases per 100,000

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