(Columbia, SC) -- There are four more coronavirus deaths in South Carolina, bringing the state's total to 44.
Three of the newly-announced deaths were elderly patients, and the fourth was middle-aged with underlying health conditions.
The patients were from Clarendon, Horry, Beaufort, and Lee counties.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control also announced 132 new COVID-19 cases for a total of two-thousand-49.