COLUMBIA — With 11 new confirmed deaths since last week, Pickens County has set a new one-week high since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with infection rates continuing to climb, the numbers may not improve any time soon.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported the confirmed COVID-19 deaths of one middle-aged and 10 elderly Pickens County residents in the one-week period from last Tuesday to Monday, when the latest numbers were

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