| DHEC analysis: Mask requirements slowing COVID-19 spread The analysis found that areas requiring masks have shown a 46.3% greater decrease in the total number of cases during a four-week period after those requirements were implemented than areas without such ordinances. Governor speaks in Anderson, Kershaw on PPE for schools Seventy school districts across the state will receive $10 million worth of personal protective equipment and Plexiglas desk shields from the state’s $155 million COVID-19 response reserve starting this week. | 