State health officials have run into technology problems.

The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control announced its Saturday data report contained incomplete laboratory information.

DHEC and a major private laboratory are working to rectify a data sychronrizing error.

DHEC officials also said they were unable to report the number of hospitalized covid-19 patients and those on ventilators.

Once resolved, additional information for Saturday will be included Sunday.

DHEC was able to report 1,481 new confirmed cases, 2 probable cases and 39 more confirmed deaths.

This brings confirmed cases to 67,396, probable cases to 216, confirmed deaths to 1,117 and 18 probable deaths.

DHEC reported 161 confirmed cases Saturday in Lexngton County and 162 in Richland County,

Other casews were in Abbeville (9), Aiken (54), Allendale (2), Anderson (52), Bamberg (9), Barnwell (7), Beaufort (59), Berkeley (67), Calhoun (3), Charleston (122), Cherokee (7), Chester (14), Chesterfield (7), Clarendon (15), Colleton (8), Darlington (7), Dorchester (52), Edgefield (4), Fairfield (5), Florence (20), Georgetown (8), Greenville (187), Greenwood (25), Hampton (6), Horry (50), Jasper (10), Kershaw (21), Lancaster (9), Laurens (21), Lee (1), Marion (8), Marlboro (2), McCormick (2), Newberry (24), Oconee (34), Orangeburg (36), Pickens (43), Saluda (10), Spartanburg (48), Sumter (48), Union (4), Williamsburg (6), York (32)

2 probable cases were in Richland (1) and York (1) counties.

33 confirmed deaths were elderly individuals in Aiken (1), Berkeley (2), Charleston (5), Cherokee (1), Chester (1), Chesterfield (1), Colleton (2), Darlington (1), Dillon (1), Dorchester (2), Florence (3), Greenville (5), Horry (1), Laurens (1), Lee (1), Marion (1), Orangeburg (1), Richland (1), Saluda (1), and Spartanburg (1) counties.

6 confirmed deaths were middle-aged individuals in Berkeley (1), Charleston (1), Dorchester (1), Horry (2), and Sumter (1) counties.

As of Friday, 610,429 tests have been conducted in the state.

The number of test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 7,060 (not including antibody tests).

21.0% tested positive for infection. That means 79.0% were negative and virus free..