Governor under fire as South Carolina breaks single-day coronavirus record again

Published June 22, 2020 3:00pm ET



Gov. Henry McMaster is facing more scrutiny over how he went about reopening the state’s economy after South Carolina reported 1,081 new positive coronavirus tests Friday.

That number set a single-day record for the state, eclipsing the 987 new cases reported Thursday. It was the fourth time in a week that the state set a new single-day record.

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