COLUMBIA — As the delta variant leads to COVID-19 case numbers continuing to grow again around the state, Pickens County added four confirmed COVID-19 deaths over the past week.

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

Pickens County remains the worst out of the state’s 46 counties in transmission rate, with 14,155.4 cases per

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