Overview
- State health officials report 114 confirmed cases concentrated in upstate South Carolina, with 16 people currently in isolation.
- Most infections in the state are in people who are unvaccinated or under‑vaccinated, according to state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell.
- Contact tracing has linked at least 16 cases to gatherings at the Way of Truth Church in Inman, with additional exposures identified at a local school.
- Nationwide totals stand at 1,912 cases this year with 218 hospitalizations and three deaths, the highest burden since 1992.
- Authorities expect weeks of continued transmission as holiday travel increases exposure risk and school vaccination rates decline.