Covid-19 claims 2 Lexington County lives

10 reported deaths in state occurred last week

Posted 9/21/20

Health officials reported 13 more covid-19 deaths today.

2 in Lexington County occurred Sunday, 1 middle aged, 1 elderly.

Another in Richland County, also middle aged, occurred Sunday.

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Covid-19 claims 2 Lexington County lives

10 reported deaths in state occurred last week

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Health officials reported 13 more covid-19 deaths today.

2 in Lexington County occurred Sunday, 1 middle aged, 1 elderly.

Another in Richland County, also middle aged, occurred Sunday.

10 others in SC occurred last week.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control also announced today:

- 393 new confirmed cases and 14 new probable cases,

- Confirmed cases to date are 134,884, probable cases 3,240, confirmed deaths 3,040 and 172 probable deaths.
Confirmed and probable cases: please click here.
Confirmed and probable deaths: please click here.

Who Should Get Tested? 
If you are out in the community, around others, or not able to socially distance or wear a mask, we recommend you get tested once a month. 

Routine testing allows public health workers to diagnose if you are asymptomatic to interrupt the ongoing spread of the virus.

Find a testing clinic or event near you at scdhec.gov/covid19testing.

Testing in South Carolina
As of yesterday, 1,241,532 tests have been conducted in the state.

4,120 individual test results were reported yesterday statewide,

Of those, the percent positive was 9.5% infected.

That means 90.5% tested negative as uninfected.

COVID-19, cases, deaths, coronavirus

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