States Are Tracing Coronavirus Outbreaks Back to This One Popular Destination
As summer rolls in, many states have lifted lockdown orders and places have begun to reopen. Naturally, lots of people have reverted back to their typical summer plans of taking a road trip and going to the beach. However, the coronavirus is still spreading, and the pandemic taking a break so you can have fun in the sun. In fact, several states are now tracing coronavirus outbreaks to one popular tourist beach destination: Myrtle Beach.
In Ohio, as of June 23, at least 17 students from Belmont County tested positive for COVID-19 after developing symptoms five days after returning from a trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, CNN reported. There are also at least two positive contact cases—meaning infected individuals who did not go to the beach, but interacted with those that did after they returned. Nearly 100 students from the Ohio county traveled to the Myrtle Beach area and returned the weekend of June 13, so Robert Sproul, Deputy Health Commissioner of the Belmont County Health Department, is worried that positive case numbers could continue rising.
"We've been quarantined for so long, the state had a travel ban in place," Sproul told CNN. "We knew they would travel as soon as they could. We just hoped they would be responsible with social distancing and wearing masks."
But Ohio isn't the only state with an outbreak related to Myrtle Beach. As of June 22, the Preston County Health Department in West Virginia has linked 30 positive coronavirus cases back to Myrtle Beach, according to The Dominion Post. The outbreak began after Preston County had gone two weeks without a new confirmed case. And according to the Associated Press, two other West Virginia counties are linking cases to the beach—at least three in Kanawha County, and at least five in Cabell County.
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Looks like South Carolina's case count is going up as well.
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