COLUMBIA — As cases of the delta variant of COVID-19 continue to grow across the state, Pickens County added six confirmed deaths related to the virus over the past week.

According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, there were six confirmed deaths 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 14,681.1 cases per

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