COLUMBIA — With four confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the past week and some of the highest transmission and incidence rates in the state, Pickens County continues to struggle in the battle against the deadly virus.

According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, three of the four people who died of COVID-19-related causes in the one week period from last Tuesday to Monday were middle-aged. Pickens County also had one confirmed and one

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