April 4, 2020 to May 21, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleViral -
totalTestsViral
Tags: CTP Backfill
We identified some gaps in South Carolina's Total tests (specimens) time series and have patched them using screenshots and extended the time series back to April 4, 2020. We also had recorded some values in Total tests (people), those were all moved to Total tests (specimens).
March 6, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State Anomalies State Resumed Metric
On March 6, 2021, South Carolina’s data on individuals with symptom onset data decreased by roughly 31,000 without explanation. As a result, their Recovered, which is calculated as individuals with symptom onset data multiplied by the percentage of these cases which are recovered, decreased by about 12,000.
February 23, 2021 to March 5, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State / Metric No Update
Since February 23, 2021, South Carolina’s Recovered metric has been absent from their data dashboard, potentially due to [technical issues](https://twitter.com/scdhec/status/1364619613313634304). As a result, we will be unable to update their Recovered metric until it returns.
March 3, 2021
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On March 3, 2021, Minnesota and South Carolina did not update their Currently hospitalized, Currently in ICU, or Currently on Ventilator by the time of our daily update.
February 23, 2021 to March 2, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Anomalies
On February 23, 2021 through March 2, 2021, South Carolina’s **Recovered** metric was absent from their data dashboard, potentially due to [technical issues](https://twitter.com/scdhec/status/1364619613313634304). As a result, we were unable to update their **Recovered**.
February 28, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State Data Note State / Metric No Update
On February 23, 2021 through February 27, 2021, South Carolina’s Recovered metric was absent from their data dashboard, potentially due to technical issues. As a result, we were unable to update their Recovered.
February 23, 2021 to February 27, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On February 23, 2021 through February 27, 2021, South Carolina’s **Recovered** metric was absent from their data dashboard, potentially due to [technical issues](https://twitter.com/scdhec/status/1364619613313634304). As a result, we were unable to update their **Recovered**.
February 23, 2021 to February 26, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On February 23, 2021 through February 26, 2021, South Carolina’s **Recovered** metric was absent from their data dashboard, potentially due to [technical issues](https://twitter.com/scdhec/status/1364619613313634304). As a result, we were unable to update their **Recovered**.
February 25, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State Data Note State Anomalies State / Metric No Update
On February 23, 2021 through February 25, 2021, South Carolina’s Recovered metric was absent from their data dashboard, potentially due to [technical issues](https://twitter.com/scdhec/status/1364619613313634304). As a result, we were unable to update their Recovered.
February 24, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State Data Note State Anomalies State / Metric No Update
On February 23, 2021 through February 24, 2021, South Carolina’s Recovered metric was absent from their data dashboard, potentially due to [technical issues](https://twitter.com/scdhec/status/1364619613313634304). As a result, we were unable to update their Recovered.
February 23, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered -
totalTestResults -
negativeTestsAntigen -
positiveTestsAntigen -
totalTestsAntigen -
totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody -
totalTestsViral -
positiveTestsViral -
negative -
negativeTestsViral
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Anomalies
On February 23, 2021, South Carolina removed their testing and recovery data from their dashboard. As a result, we were unable to update their testing data or Recovered on February 23, 2021.
February 22, 2021
Variables affected:
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negative
Tags: State Anomalies
On February 22, 2021, South Carolina reported a greater increase in **Confirmed cases** than **Total PCR tests (specimens)**, resulting in a decrease in **Negative PCR tests (people)**.
February 5, 2021
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntigen -
negativeTestsAntigen -
positiveTestsAntigen -
negativeTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsViral -
positiveTestsViral -
totalTestsViral
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On February 05, 2021, South Carolina [noted](https://twitter.com/scdhec) that approximately 26,834 test results were reported which cover a timespan from December 22, 2020 through January 16, 2021. These results were reflected in the cumulative numbers reported today, and include approximately 23,329 negative and 3,505 positive results.
February 1, 2021
Variables affected:
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death
Tags: State Anomalies
On February 1, 2021, South Carolina announced via the official South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental control twitter that due to a vital statistics system update, they were reporting over 240 Deaths (confirmed + probable) from the last several weeks. As a result, not all new deaths reported on February 1, 2021 were identified in the previous 24 hour period.
January 28, 2021
Variables affected:
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deathConfirmed -
deathProbable -
death
Tags: State Anomalies
On January 28, 2021, South Carolina [announced](https://twitter.com/scdhec/status/1354893317398556673) via the official South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental control twitter that due to a vital statistics system update, they were reporting over 200 Deaths (confirmed + probable) from the last several weeks. As a result, not all new deaths reported on January 28, 2021 were identified in the previous 24 hour period.
January 8, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
On January 8, 2021, South Carolina's Recovered was calculated incorrectly. This error was patched on January 25, 2021.
January 11, 2021 to January 15, 2021
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State Data Note State Anomalies
On January 11, 2021 through January 15, 2021, South Carolina has [experienced](https://covid-tracking.slack.com/archives/C010RFJ0ZD3/p1610394906169500) an internal systems issue which has resulted in data missing from their dashboard. We urge caution when interpreting their data from this period, and encourage the use of 7 and 14-day averages as more reliable figures than individual metrics.
January 14, 2021
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State Anomalies
On January 11, 2021 through January 14, 2021, South Carolina has experienced an internal systems issue which has resulted in data missing from their dashboard. We urge caution when interpreting their data from this period, and encourage the use of 7 and 14-day averages as more reliable figures than individual metrics.
January 13, 2021
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On January 11, 2021 through January 13, 2021, South Carolina has experienced an internal systems issue which has resulted in data missing from their dashboard. We urge caution when interpreting their data from this period, and encourage the use of 7 and 14-day averages as more reliable figures than individual metrics.
January 11, 2021
Variables affected:
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positive -
probableCases -
positiveCasesViral
Tags: State Anomalies
On January 11, 2021, South Carolina announced that their case counts were low due to a " internal systems issue".
January 1, 2021
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Data Note
On January 1, 2021, Alaska, Connecticut, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, the Northern Mariana Islands, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont did not update their data, presumably due to the New Years holiday.
December 27, 2020
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State Anomalies
On December 27, 2020, the District of Columbia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and South Dakota noted that their data for December 27, 2020 would include two days of data due to holiday related reporting cadence changes.
December 25, 2020
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 25, 2020, Alaska, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont did not update their data due to the Christmas holiday.
December 20, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On December 20, 2020, South Carolina noted that their Currently hospitalized figure was larger than normal due to an error in facilities reporting. Their Currently hospitalized increased from 1461 to 1471.
December 16, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 16, 2020, South Carolina did not update its Currently hospitalized, Currently in ICU, or Currently on ventilator metrics.
December 12, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntigen -
positiveTestsAntigen -
negativeTestsAntigen -
totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody -
totalTestsViral -
positiveTestsViral -
negativeTestsViral -
negative
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 12, 2020, South Carolina did not update their testing data. As a result, Negative (People or Cases) was carried over.
December 7, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 7, 2020, Hawaii and South Carolina did not update their Currently hospitalized, Currently in ICU, or **Currently on Ventilator **before the time of our daily update.
November 26, 2020
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On November 26, 2020, the listed states either released partial updates or did not update their data at all.
October 20, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On 10/20, SC experienced some reporting difficulties. As a result, they did not update their Currently Hospitalized, Currently in ICU, and Currently on Ventilator numbers.
October 10, 2020
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
Typo in positive antibody tests
March 4, 2020 to May 17, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCumulative -
positiveCasesViral -
dateChecked
Tags: CTP Backfill
On September 16, 2020, we backfilled the missing values of Positive Cases (PCR) from Cases(confirmed and probable) because prior to 6/16 all cases reported on South Carolina's dashboard were confirmed,
Note: There were stray updates to two fields include in the batch due to spreadsheet format issues.
SC 2020-03-25
hospitalizedCumulative: 101.76 (was 102)
SC 2020-08-21
dateChecked: 2020-08-21 20:28:00+00:00 (was 2020-08-21 20:28:33+00:00)
September 15, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntigen -
positiveTestsAntigen -
negativeTestsAntigen -
totalTestsViral -
positiveTestsViral -
negativeTestsViral
Tags: New Metric State Anomalies
On 9/15, South Carolina started reporting antigen testing data, reporting 7,763 positive tests and 23,477 total tests. The “viral (i.e. molecular/PCR) tests” positives, negatives, and totals dropped by about the same amount, likely due to the removal of this data.
September 11, 2020
Variables affected:
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positive
Tags: State Anomalies
On September 10, 2020, South Carolina noted that it received a data dump of cases from USC. This caused an artificial spike in the number of cases.
August 28, 2020 to September 21, 2020
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State Annotation / Source Change State / Metric No Update
On August 28, 2020, South Carolina redesigned their website/dashboard with new user guides, page formats, and data definitions. The 'Other' link on the state page was deactivated, and as a result, we no longer have a source for recovered values. On September 22, 2020, the reporting of recovered patients resumed.
August 23, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntibody -
totalTestsViral
Tags: State Anomalies
On 8/23, all three categories of testing went down on all three fronts (PCR, antibody, unknown; positive, negative, total). Totals difference: PCR: - > 910,799 -> 891,006 // Antibody: 62,733 -> 61,190 // Unknown: 2,343 -> 2,246 According to 8/23 PR, this was due to a duplication processing error. https://scdhec.gov/news-releases/south-carolina-announces-latest-covid-19-update-august-23-2020
March 25, 2020 to August 18, 2020
Variables affected:
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recovered -
hospitalizedCumulative
Correction for recoveries on 8/18 due to incorrect formula.
March 25, 2020 to August 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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dataQualityGrade -
hospitalizedCumulative
States Grades not published for 8/12-8/13
July 18, 2020 to July 28, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
From July 18, 2020 to July 28, 2020, there were disruptions in reporting of hospitalizedCurrently in South Carolina due to the switch to an HHS reporting system.
July 27, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
hospitalizedCumulative -
onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: State Anomalies
Note on SC website reads: "Since Wednesday, July 22, hospitals have actively been making a transition to a new federal reporting system for providing bed occupancy and other important information. DHEC is monitoring their efforts to transition to the new system. At this time, DHEC is aware that the information currently provided by hospitals through the new system has inaccuracies." Hospitalization issues with SC have been occurring since 7/18. On 7/27, we froze the curr. hosp., cum. hosp., and curr. ventilator values until further update and until SC can adapt to HHS changes.
July 24, 2020
Variables affected:
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onVentilatorCurrently -
onVentilatorCumulative
Tags: New Metric
The state started reporting number of COVID patients on ventilators
July 23, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: State Anomalies
SC today (7/23) had a sizable jump in Current Hospitalizations, from 1607 to 1723, a leap of 116 and worth noting given the media interest. This appears due to that metric not having been reported for several days and resuming reporting today.
July 21, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
hospitalizedCumulative
Tags: State Resumed Metric
Hospitalizations which disappeared after HHS switch back (missing since 7/17), but no historicals
July 12, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleAntibody -
negativeTestsPeopleAntibody
Tags: State Anomalies
On July 12, 2020, totalTestsPeopleAntibody and negativeTestsPeopleAntibody in South Carolina declined slightly
June 17, 2020
Variables affected:
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deathProbable -
probableCases
Tags: New Metric
On June 17, 2020, South Carolina started reporting probables for cases and deaths.
June 16, 2020
Variables affected:
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negative
Tags: CTP API / Logic Changes
On June 16, 2020, we changed the calculation of negative to use a mixed unit calculation in line with other states "totalTestsViral - positiveCasesViral"
June 11, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntibody -
totalTestsViral -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody -
negative
Tags: New Metric State Anomalies
On June 11, 2020, South Carolina started separating reporting of antibody and PCR tests. This caused the number of PCR tests and negatives to drop.
May 7, 2020 to May 8, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsViral -
negative
Tags: State Anomalies
On May 7, 2020, South Carolina announced that a calculating error caused the number of negatives to drop. Presumably, this is also the explanation behind the lower number of tests captured on May 8 , 2020.