Lexington County averaged 16.8 new cases a day per 100,000 residents last week.

With an estimated 300,000 residents, that’s more than 50.4 of us a day, according to research by 24/7 Wall St., a financial news service.

That’s 352 new cases for the 7 days.

It does not include cases of those who had mild or no symptoms and did not report it.

24/7 Wall St. compiles and reviews data from state and local health departments.

The Chronicle has asked the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control to confirm 24/7 Wall St.’s figures.

Richland, Lexington, Kershaw, Fairfield, Saluda and Calhoun counties last week averaged 16.1 new cases a day per 100,000 residents.

The Midlands’ average daily case growth for the week before was 18.4 daily new cases per 100,000 residents.

In the 6-county Midlands, covid-19 is growing fastest in Lexington County.

Rural Calhoun County averaged 2.6 new cases a day per 100,000 residents in the past week — the least in the Midlands.

Lexington County also had the highest incidence of cases overall.

As of April 12, Lexington County had 11,052 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents.

It is the most of the 6 counties.

In comparison, the US has so far reported 9,498.2 cases per 100,000 Americans.

The pandemic and high unemployment has hurt Lexington County. Unemployment peaked at 8.1% last May.

As of January 2021, the county’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%.