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Margaret Dickert, 79, waits on her husband at a Food Lion grocery store Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Piedmont, S.C. Dickert said that she has pulmonary hypertension and--under her doctors orders and her own common sense--is taking all the precautions she can. Dickert said, "I don't know how long these limitations will last, but I will do all possible to protect me, my family, and others." (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)

Margaret Dickert, 79, waits on her husband at a Food Lion grocery store Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Piedmont, S.C. Dickert said that she has pulmonary hypertension and--under her doctors orders and her own common sense--is taking all the precautions she can. Dickert said, "I don't know how long these limitations will last, but I will do all possible to protect me, my family, and others." (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)

March 16, 2020

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SC marks 1st coronavirus death; lawmakers plan short return
March 16, 2020 4:49 p.m.

SC marks 1st coronavirus death; lawmakers plan short return

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As South Carolina reported its first death Monday from the new coronavirus, lawmakers plan to return to the Capitol, but only long enough to pass a $45 million emergency request from state health officials.