SC health officials reported 18 more covid deaths Monday.

1 confirmed Lexington County middle-aged death and 3 confirmed elderly deaths were reported.

2 confirmed edlerly Richland County deaths were also reported.

Lexington County had 81 new covid cases. Richland County had 108 new cases.

Greenville County had the highest number, 229 new cases.

Horry County had 193 and Spartanburg County 153 new cases.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control announced these updates:

Today's cases and deaths (scdhec.gov/COVID19) 

• New confirmed/probable total cases: 1,540/29 Summary click here
• New confirmed/probable total deaths: 18/0 Summary click here

Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)

• Confirmed and probable cases: 275,285/22,765
• Confirmed and probable deaths: 4,782/391
• Tests performed for South Carolinians: 3,587,445

Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)

• Testing opportunities available statewide: 282

Percent positive (scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)

• 5,397 individual test results reported statewide yesterday (not including antibody tests)
• 28.5% tested positive as infected.
•  That means 71.5% tested negative as uninfected.

Facility reports

• Hospital data (daily): scdhec.gov/COVID19hospitals
• Extended care facility data (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata
• Assisted living visitation status (Tuesdays): scdhec.gov/nursinghomedata
• Private, public and charter schools (Tuesdays and Fridays): scdhec.gov/schools

The information above as well as extensive reporting on county-level information, demographics and more is available at scdhec.gov/COVID19.