COLUMBIA — With two new deaths confirmed since last week, Pickens County is continuing to see a steady number of cases and deaths in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported the probable COVID-19 death of two elderly Pickens County residents on Sept. 13 and Sept. 11, respectively.

The county still has the 12th-lowest rate of infection of the state’s 46 counties, with 2,053.84 cases per 100,000 residents, according to DHEC.

Pickens County added 177 confirmed cases of the virus in

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