An additional Orangeburg County resident has died of the coronavirus, according to figures released Friday by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Orangeburg County also had a probable coronavirus death.

An additional 162 T&D Region residents have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Statewide, there are 10,469 new, confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 42 confirmed deaths.

The total number of confirmed cases is now 996,641 and confirmed deaths is 13,029.

The totals by county are:

• Orangeburg County: 142 new cases, 17,460 total cases and a total of 324 deaths and 25 probable deaths.

• Bamberg County: 9 new cases, 2,492 total cases and a total of 61 deaths and 5 probable deaths.

• Calhoun County: 11 new cases, 2,080 total cases and a total of 44 deaths and 10 probable deaths.

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