Health officials made a startling announcement today:

No confirmed covid-19 deaths in Lexington County or the state.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control said there were 5 probable deaths.

2 probable deaths were elderly individuals in Greenville (1) and Oconee (1) counties,

3 probable deaths were in Charleston (2) and Lancaster (1) counties.

Their ages are being confirmed.

DHEC announced 1,850 new confirmed cases and 5 probable cases.

This brings the total confirmed cases to 62,071, probable cases to 174, confirmed deaths to 984 and 14 probable deaths. 

Confirmed cases: Abbeville (3), Aiken (73), Anderson (42), Bamberg (17), Barnwell (3), Beaufort (78), Berkeley (62), Calhoun (6), Charleston (214), Cherokee (14), Chester (6), Chesterfield (8), Clarendon (21), Colleton (12), Darlington (20), Dillon (5), Dorchester (45), Edgefield (6), Fairfield (3), Florence (28), Georgetown (84), Greenville (168), Greenwood (22), Hampton (2), Horry (188), Jasper (14), Kershaw (14), Lancaster (11), Laurens (31), Lee (6), Lexington (71), Marion (5), Marlboro (4), McCormick (5), Newberry (16), Oconee (14), Orangeburg (30), Pickens (27), Richland (184), Saluda (3), Spartanburg (97), Sumter (93), Union (7), Williamsburg (15), York (73)

Probable cases were in Charleston (2), Greenville (1), Lancaster (1), and Oconee (1) counties

As of yesterday, a total of 572,823 tests have been conducted in the state.

8,575 individual test results were reported yesterday statewide not including antibody tests.

21.6% tested positive for the virus. 78.4% tested negative as being virus free.

As of this morning, 2,951 hospital beds are available and 7,853 are in use, a 72.69%  rate.

Of the 7,853 beds in use, 1,560 are occupied by covid-19 patients and 206 are on ventilators.