SC health officials reported 64 more confirmed deaths and 8 probable deaths Saturday.

2 deaths were elderly and middle aged Lexington County residents.

6 other deaths were elderly and 1 middle aged in Richland County.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 4,671 new SC confirmed and 121 probable cases.

Greenville County continues to suffer the highest count in SC with 654 new cases and11 deaths reported Saturday.

Spartanburg County had 7 deaths reported.

Lexington County had 330 new cases, its highest new case count to date.

Richland County was even higher with 523 new cases.

Saturday's cases and deaths (scdhec.gov/COVID19) 

• New confirmed/probable total cases: 4,671/121 Summary here
• New confirmed/probable total deaths: 64/8 Summary here

Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)

• Confirmed and probable cases: 346,880/35,542
• Confirmed and probable deaths: 5,555/531
• Tests performed for South Carolinians: 4,274,179 

 Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)

 Percent positive(scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)

• 20,694 new individual test results reported statewide not including antibody tests.
• 22.6% of those tested positive as infected.
• This means 77.4% tested negative as uninfected.

Facility reports

• Hospital data (daily): scdhec.gov/COVID19hospitals
• Extended care facility data (Tuesdays and Saturdays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata
• Assisted living visitation status (Tuesdays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata
• Private, public and charter schools (Tuesdays and Saturdays): scdhec.gov/schools

Extensive reporting on county-level information, demographics and more is available at scdhec.gov/COVID19. 

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