Covid-19 claims 1 elderly county victim Sunday

34 new cases in county, 29 in Richland County

Posted 10/12/20

SC health officials Monday reported 7 confirmed deaths Sunday.

1 was an elderly patient in Lexington County who died last Friday. 

The Department of Health and Environmental …

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Covid-19 claims 1 elderly county victim Sunday

34 new cases in county, 29 in Richland County

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SC health officials Monday reported 7 confirmed deaths Sunday.

1 was an elderly patient in Lexington County who died last Friday. 

The Department of Health and Environmental Control also announced:

- 584 new confirmed cases and 26 new probable cases.

Lexington County had 34 new cases, Richland County 29.

Sunday tends to be a day of light reporting but Greenville County had 92 new cases.
In SC, confirmed cases to date are 152,242, probable cases 5,813, confirmed deaths 3,355 and 204 probable deaths.
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 - As of Sunday, 1,640,138 tests have been conducted in the state.

- 6,424 individual test results were reported to DHEC Sunday statewide.

- Of those, the percent tested positive as infected was 9.1%.

That means 90.9% tested negative as virus free.

Beginning Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) forecasting for covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths will be on the scdhec.gov site including:

COVID-19, cases, Lexington County

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