4 more confirmed SC covid deaths and 1 probable death were reported Tuesday.

1 elderly Lexington County death occurred Dec. 12.

Another elderly Richland County death occurred Dec. 9.

Lexington County had 138 new cases, Richland County 110.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control announced:

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

• New confirmed/probable total cases: 2,303/19 Summary click here 
• New confirmed/probable total deaths: 4/1 Summary click here 

Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)

• Confirmed and probable cases: 239,119/18,201
• Confirmed and probable deaths: 4,402/354
• Tests performed for South Carolinians:  3,153,581

Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)

• Testing opportunities available statewide: 321

Percent positive (scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)

• 11,589 new individual test results reported statewide (not including antibody tests)
• 19.9% tested positive as infected.
•  That means 80.1% 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.