Lexington County covid-19 deaths have declined, state health officials report,

For another day this week, no one died in Lexington County or Columbia and Richland County from the disease,.

Health officials reported 13 new confirmed cases in the county and 18 in Columbia and Richland County.

Department of Health and Environmental Control officials Friday announced 232 new cases in the state.and 9 more deaths.

This brings the total confirmed cases to 8,407 and deaths to 380.

8 of those deaths weren elderly individuals in Cherokee (1), Clarendon (1), Fairfield (1), Florence (1), Pickens (1) and Sumter (3), counties.

1 death was a middle-aged individual in Clarendon County,

The number of new cases by county are Aiken (2), Allendale (1), Anderson (1) Barnwell (2), Beaufort (4), Berkeley (2), Charleston (11), Chester (1), Cherokee (1), Chesterfield (3), Clarendon (8), Colleton (7), Darlington (13), Dillon (2), Fairfield (12), Florence (18), Greenville (31), Greenwood (1), Hampton (1), Horry (6), Kershaw (4), Lancaster (2), Laurens (7), Lee (4), Lexington (13), Marion (1), Marlboro (5), Oconee (1), Pickens (2), Richland (18), Saluda (4), Spartanburg (17), Sumter (13), Williamsburg (6), York (8)
As of Friday morning, 3,405 inpatient hospital beds are available and 6,970 are in use,  a 67.18% statewide hospital bed use rate.

\Of the 6,970 inpatient beds in use, 423 are occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for cpvid-19.