SC health officials reported 39 confirmed deaths and 8 probable deaths Thursday.

None were in Lexington County but Richland County lost an elderly patient Dec. 27.

Pickens County, home of Clemson University, lost 7 lives.

The state had 3,384 new cases, up from 2,480 new cases Wednesday.

Lexington County had 252 new cases and Richland County 267.

Greenville County had the most again Wednesday - 462 new cases but only 1 death.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control will not report daily covid-19 numbers on New Year’s Day.

Data that would be reported Jan. 1 will be available online the following day.

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

• New confirmed/probable total cases: 3,234/150  Summary click here 
• New confirmed/probable total deaths: 39/8 Summary click here 

Cumulative totals (scdhec.gov/COVID19)

• Confirmed and probable cases: 283,424/24,083
• Confirmed and probable deaths: 4,885/411
• Tests performed for South Carolinians: 3,663,351

Testing opportunities (scdhec.gov/findatest)

• Testing opportunities available statewide: 280

Percent positive (scdhec.gov/COVID19dashboard)

• 10,369  new individual test results reported statewide (not including antibody tests)
• 31.2%  tested positive as virus infected
•  That means 68.8% tested negative as virus free.

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.