Covid-19 claimed 1 elderly Lexington County resident Thursday.

It claimed another elderly Richland County resident Friday.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Saturday:

- 706 new confirmed cases and 40 new probable cases of covid-19.

71 of those cases were in Lexington County, 86 in Columbia and Richland County.

- 9 additional confirmed deaths and 2 new probable deaths.

- Confirmed cases to date are 134,052, probable cases 3,188, confirmed deaths 3,017, and 171 probable deaths.

Confirmed and probable cases: please click here.
Confirmed and probable deaths: please click here.

Who Should Get Tested?
If you are out and about in the community, around others, or not able to socially distance or wear a mask, we recommend that you get tested at least once a month.

Routine testing allows public health workers to diagnose those who are asymptomatic and interrupt the ongoing spread of the virus. Learn more about who should get tested here.

Find a testing clinic or event near you at scdhec.gov/covid19testing.

Testing in South Carolina
As of yesterday, 1,218,911 tests have been conducted in the state. 
6,331 individual test results were reported Friday statewide.

Of those, the percent positive was 11.2% infected.

That means 88.8% were negative or uninfected