The state exceeded its July covid-19 testing goal with 143,336 tests through July 16.

This surpassed the 140,000 tests goal.

To date, 638,194 tests have been performed in South Carolina.

8,186 individual test results (not including antibody tests) were reported to DHEC Sunday.

Positive tests show signs of diminishing. 

17.7% tested positive for the virus.

That means 82.3% tested negative as virus-free.

Mobile testing clinics are updated daily at scdhec.gov/covid19mobileclinics.

Permanent testing locations are available at scdhec.gov/covid19testing.

DHEC Monday announced 1,445 new confirmed cases, 2 new probable cases and 9 more confirmed deaths.

This brings confirmed cases to 71,213, probable cases to 232, confirmed deaths to 1,147 and 17 probable deaths.

8 deaths were elderly individuals in Charleston (1), Greenville (1), Hampton (1), Horry (2), Orangeburg (2), and Richland (1) counties and one middle-aged individual in Spartanburg (1) County.

Confirmed cases were in  Abbeville (52), Aiken (18), Allendale (3), Anderson (43), Bamberg (8), Barnwell (7), Beaufort (33), Berkeley (35), Calhoun (8), Charleston (188), Cherokee (17), Chester (10), Chesterfield (11), Clarendon (5), Colleton (5), Darlington (20), Dillon (5), Dorchester (73), Edgefield (3), Fairfield (9), Florence (74), Georgetown (20), Greenville (174), Greenwood (24), Hampton (3), Horry (61), Jasper (4), Kershaw (15), Lancaster (13), Laurens (19), Lee (3), Lexington (45), Marion (12), Marlboro (2), McCormick (1), Newberry (13), Oconee (10), Orangeburg (30), Pickens (28), Richland (177), Saluda (7), Spartanburg (73), Sumter (10), Union (5), Williamsburg (21), York (48)

Probable cases were in Kershaw (1) and Richland (1)

The CDC notified all users of its National Healthcare Safety Network that the COVID-19 Module for Patient Impact and Hospital Capacity would cease serving as an option for hospital reporting.

Hospitals are actively making the transition and DHEC is monitoring their efforts.

During this transition, the information currently provided by hospitals is incomplete.

Once DHEC can verify what the hospitals are reporting, it will provide daily data reports.