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If you have a general question about COVID-19, please call the DHEC Care Line at 
1-855-472-3432 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., seven days a week. Messages left after hours will be returned.

The latest data from SCDHEC, including: New Confirmed Cases, New Confirmed Deaths, Individual Test Results + more.

Q + A with Dr. Brannon Traxler, interim director of Public Health for the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).

SC, like all states, currently has limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine. Some locations may not have an appointment available for several weeks, depending on their vaccine supply. Facilities receive doses of vaccine each week from the federal government.

SC is near the top of vaccine administration, but we want to do more. Some information has indicated that hospitals have been hoarding vaccines. There is absolutely no reason a hospital would do that. Some hospitals may have held back vaccines to assure they had enough for second doses. This was due to inadequate communication that has since been clarified.

DHEC’s testing sites currently offer pain-free testing that is free of charge for everyone.

According to Resources to Recover, approximately 4.8 million adults in SC suffer with a mental illness.

There has been significant progress in the development of TeleHealth and treatment of Mental Health in SC over the past several years. Since the onset of COVID-19, those two sectors have overlapped, resulting in great benefits for patients. As Chair of the House Ways and Means Healthcare subcommittee, I'm extremely proud of these accomplishments.

SC is one of four states to have a Dementia Coordinator, which uses federal dollars for dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other mental disabilities, in addition to funding counselors at our public schools.

If you or someone you know is suffering from any sort of mental illness, you {or they} are not alone. Please reach out and use the resources available.