24 more South Carolinians died Wednesday of covid-19.

2 of those deaths occured in Lexington and Richladnd counties.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control found 1,497 new confirmed cases, 6 new probable cases,, 24 confirmed deaths and 4 probable deaths.

SC confirmed cases reached 37,809, probable cases 110, confirmed deaths 759, and 7 probable deaths.

18 deaths were elderly in Charleston (5), Dillon (1), Fairfield (1), Florence (2), Greenville (1), Horry (1), Lancaster (1), Laurens (1), Lexington (1), Orangeburg (3), and Spartanburg (1) counties,.

5 deaths were middle-aged in Richland (1), Laurens (1), Berkeley (1), Horry (1), and Charleston (1) counties.

1 death was a young adult in Charleston County..

The probable deaths were individuals whose age categories are still being determined in Calhoun (1), Cherokee (1), Greenville (1), and Horry (1) counties.

New confirmed cases by county are Abbeville (2), Aiken (20), Allendale (2), Anderson (27), Bamberg (5), Barnwell (4), Beaufort (61), Berkeley (87), Calhoun (11), Charleston (266), Cherokee (4), Chester (4), Chesterfield (8), Clarendon (5), Colleton (4), Darlington (7), Dillon (3), Dorchester (71), Edgefield (5), Fairfield (4), Florence (31), Georgetown (32), Greenville (107), Greenwood (12), Horry (228), Jasper (6), Kershaw (26), Lancaster (19), Laurens (17), Lee (4), Lexington (83), Marion (5), Marlboro (5), Newberry (12), Oconee (11), Orangeburg (28), Pickens (20), Richland (104), Saluda (6), Spartanburg (54), Sumter (22), Union (1), Williamsburg (12), York (52)

New probable cases by county are Calhoun (1), Cherokee (1), Greenville (1), Horry (1), Kershaw (2)

As of Tuesday, 429,692 tests have been conducted in the state. 

7,834 individuals were tested yesterday statewide (not including antibody tests) –  19.1%.tested positive for the infection.

That means 80.9% tested infection free.

As of this morning, 2,801 inpatient hospital beds are available and 7,815 are in use, a 73.62%  bed utse rate.

Of the 7,815 inpatient beds in use, 1,160 are occupied by covid-19 patients.