WV HAS 15 NEW CASES OF COVID-19

(05/02/2020)

A Putnam County man has died from COVID-19-related causes, bringing the state’s overall virus death total to 47. The state Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed in a news release Friday that a 97-old-man from Putnam County has died from the virus. Meanwhile, the state’s total number of positive cases climbed 15, with the overall number at 1,151 as of 5 p.m. The state’s positive test result rate remained below 3% for the fifth consecutive day at 2.45%. According to the DHHR’s website, 572 people have recovered from the virus. There are 76 hospitalized, with 15 on a ventilator in intensive care and 14 in ICU. More than 47,000 people have been tested. Following are the latest county-by-county positive COVID-19 numbers: Barbour (5), Berkeley (153), Boone (6), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (43), Fayette (14), Gilmer (2), Grant (1), Greenbrier (3), Hampshire (7), Hancock (10), Hardy (6), Harrison (30), Jackson (130), Jefferson (79), Kanawha (161), Lewis (4), Lincoln (2), Logan (13), Marion (46), Marshall (13), Mason (12), McDowell (6), Mercer (10), Mineral (18), Mingo (2), Monongalia (101), Monroe (5), Morgan (12), Nicholas (6), Ohio (29), Pendleton (3), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (2), Preston (13), Putnam (27), Raleigh (9), Randolph (4), Roane (6), Summers (1), Taylor (6), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (4), Wayne (86), Wetzel (3), Wirt (3), Wood (40) and Wyoming (1).

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