Lexington County had many covid-19 death-free days last week.

That streak was broken Monday as health officials reported a single virus death in the county.

Lexngton County also had 2 new cases Monday, one of the fewest daily cases recently.

Columbia and Richland County County had no deaths but 12 new cases.

Department of Health and Environmental Control officialsSC reported 126 new cases  and 6 more deaths in the .state/

This brings the total confirmed to 8,942 and those who have died to 391.

Four of those deaths occurred in elderly individuals in Charleston (1), Clarendon (1), Lexington (1), and Williamsburg (1) counties.

2 were,in middle-aged individuals from Clarendon (1) and Florence (1) counties.

The number of new cases by county are Aiken (1), Beaufort (2), Berkeley (2), Charleston (3), Cherokee (1), Chesterfield (2), Clarendon (4), Colleton (4), Darlington (4), Dillon (2), Dorchester (1), Fairfield (6), Florence (16), Greenville (20), Greenwood (2), Hampton (1), Horry (1), Jasper (1), Kershaw (5), Lee (6), Lexington (2), Marion (1), Marlboro (2), Newberry (2), Oconee (1), Orangeburg (1), Richland (12), Saluda (1), Spartanburg (7), Sumter (1), York (12)

The total number of tests performed yesterday statewide was 4,187 and the percent positive was 3.0%.

When the percent positive is low, it may indicate that more widespread testing is being performed.

The percent positive may more accurately reflect how much disease is present in the community.