Lexington County's covid-19 cases fell to 44 Friday and no one died.

Other good news is that no one in Columbia or Richland County died but they had 95 new cases.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control Friday announced 1,558 new confirmed SC cases and 10 new confirmed deaths.

This brings the total confirmed cases to 41,413, probable cases to 119, confirmed deaths to 787, and 6 probable deaths.

6 deaths were reported in elderly people in Anderson (1), Beaufort (1), Georgetown (1), Greenville (1), Laurens (1), and Marion (1) counties.

2 deaths were in middle-aged people in Greenville (1) and Kershaw (1) counties.

2 more were young adults in Greenville (1) and  Kershaw (1) counties.

New confirmed cases by county are Aiken (17), Anderson (65), Bamberg (6), Barnwell (1), Beaufort (54), Berkeley (77), Calhoun (3), Charleston (267), Cherokee (4), Chester (14), Chesterfield (9), Clarendon (11), Colleton (7), Darlington (3), Dillon (5), Dorchester (69), Edgefield (2), Fairfield (1), Florence (23), Georgetown (43), Greenville (128), Greenwood (1), Hampton (4), Horry (237), Jasper (27), Kershaw (15), Lancaster (13), Laurens (23), Lee (5), Lexington (44), Marion (18), Marlboro (1), Newberry (16), Oconee (15), Orangeburg (19), Pickens (25), Richland (95), Saluda (4), Spartanburg (30), Sumter (43), Union (3), Williamsburg (7), York (104)

As of yesterday, 450,482 tests have been conducted in the state.

7,514 individuals were tested yesterday statewide .

The percent positive was 20.7% and percent negative was 79.3%.

As of this morning, 2,925 hospital beds are available and 7,781 are in use, a 72.68% use rate.

Of the 7,781 beds, 1,148 are occupied by covid-19 patients .