Upstate Shoppers Clear Shelves

Empty Shelves at Upstate Stores
Photo credit Katie Canaan Jerozal

Stores across the country are struggling to keep cleaning supplies and toilet paper on their shelves; the Upstate is no exception.

In some stores, like Walmart on Woodruff Road, shelves are so empty that shoppers in the next aisle over are completely visible, as seen in this video by Brianna Briggs.

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Cleaning supplies are getting hit hard as well, as another of Briggs' videos shows.

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Upstate shoppers have taken to sharing pictures of empty shelves on social media.

Empty Shelves at Upstate Stores

According to the CDC, 12 cases of COVID -19 have been reported in South Carolina thus far.

A map of reported cases by the CDC is listed here.