State health officials have identified 160 new coronavirus cases in South Carolina, bringing the statewide total to 4,761.
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control officials also announced Tuesday that five additional people have died after contacting COVID-19. In all, 140 South Carolinians have died from the virus.
Three of the patients who died were elderly, and were from Berkeley, Clarendon and Richland counties. The two others — who were from Greenville and Spartanburg counties — were middle-aged.
Richland County saw the largest increase in coronavirus cases with 34. Lexington County posted five new cases.
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