Covid-19 claims 5 elderly county lives

49 new cases in county, 64 in Richland County

Posted 10/31/20

Lexington County lost 5 elderly lives to covid-19 last week.

It was the highest number of county deaths reported on a single day.

They were the 1st county deaths reported since Wednesday.

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Covid-19 claims 5 elderly county lives

49 new cases in county, 64 in Richland County

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Lexington County lost 5 elderly lives to covid-19 last week.

It was the highest number of county deaths reported on a single day.

They were the 1st county deaths reported since Wednesday.

2 other deaths were reported in Richland County Saturday.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control Saturday announced:

- 36 more confirmed SC deaths and 5 new probable deaths.

- 831 new confirmed SC cases and 52 new probable cases.

Lexington County had 49 new cases and Richland County 64 reported Saturday.

- Confirmed cases to date are 167,885, probable cases 8,727, confirmed deaths 3,686, and 249 probable deaths.

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- As of Friday, 1,993,561 tests have been conducted in the state. 
- 6,097 individual test results were reported to DHEC yesterday statewide.

Of those the percent tested positive as infected was 13.6%.

That means 86.3% tested negative as virus free.

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