State health officials Sunday announced 8 SC deaths and a probable Lexington County death.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 1,463 new covid-19 confirmed cases and 2 new probable cases .

Total confirmed cases reached 44,717, probable cases 130, confirmed deaths 813, and 7 probable deaths.

5 deaths were elderly in Charleston (1), Dorchester (1), Greenville (1), Lancaster (1), and Orangeburg (1) counties;

3 deaths were middle aged individuals in Horry (1) and Spartanburg (2) counties

The probable death was an elderly individual in Lexington County.

New confirmed cases by county are Abbeville (5), Aiken (20), Allendale (3), Anderson (16), Bamberg (4), Barnwell (4), Beaufort (49), Berkeley (73), Calhoun (2), Charleston (276), Cherokee (5), Chester (5), Chesterfield (5), Clarendon (4), Colleton (14), Darlington (8), Dillon (7), Dorchester (69), Edgefield (4), Fairfield (2), Florence (33), Georgetown (34), Greenville (168), Greenwood (27), Hampton (5), Horry (158), Jasper (8), Kershaw (22), Lancaster (8), Laurens (25), Lee (2), Lexington (71), Marion (14), Marlboro (4), Newberry (6), Oconee (12), Orangeburg (35), Pickens (36), Richland (116), Saluda (9), Spartanburg (54), Sumter (11), Union (1), Williamsburg (4), York (25)

Probable cases were in Lexington (1) and York (1) counties.

As of yesterday, 473,543 tests have been conducted in the state.
8,831 individuals were tested yesterday statewide not including antibody tests.

The percent tested positive was 16.6%. That means 83.4% tested were not infected.

As of this morning, 3,387 inpatient hospital beds are available and 7,296 are in use, a 68.3% in use rate.

Of the 7,296 inpatient beds in use, 1,251 are occupied by covid-19 patients