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Charleston mayor to hold news conference on city’s response to pandemic

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg and officials from MUSC will hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Source: Live 5 News)

By Patrick Phillips | June 16, 2020 at 10:11 AM EDT - Updated June 16 at 10:11 AM

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg and officials from MUSC will hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

That news conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Washington Square.

Tecklenburg and MUSC President Dr. David Cole will be joined by One Region representatives and city and MUSC staff members.

The news conference comes a day after South Carolina reported 582 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths.

That update brough the total number of COVID-19 cases to 19,378 and the total who have died to 602, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

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Photo: Live 5 News


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