PM TUESDAY: 18 NEW CASES OF COVID-19

(05/06/2020)

West Virginia’s positive COVID-19 total increased by 18 cases Tuesday afternoon. No new deaths were reported, and the state’s cumulative positive test results remained under 3% with the rate at 2.26 percent. The state Department of Health and Human Resources said in a news released the state’s overall positive virus total was 1,224 as of 5 p.m. According to the DHHR’s website, 630 people have recovered. There are 64 hospitalized, with 12 on a ventilator in the intensive care unit and 11 in ICU. More than 54,000 people have been tested. Following is the county-by-county breakdown of positive cases: Barbour (5), Berkeley (166), Boone (6), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (44), Fayette (16), Gilmer (3), Grant (3), Greenbrier (7), Hampshire (8), Hancock (11), Hardy (9), Harrison (31), Jackson (135), Jefferson (82), Kanawha (168), Lewis (4), Lincoln (2), Logan (13), Marion (46), Marshall (19), Mason (12), McDowell (6), Mercer (11), Mineral (18), Mingo (2), Monongalia (107), Monroe (5), Morgan (13), Nicholas (6), Ohio (33), Pendleton (3), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (2), Preston (13), Putnam (29), Raleigh (10), Randolph (4), Ritchie (1), Roane (6), Summers (1), Taylor (7), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (5), Wayne (90), Wetzel (3), Wirt (3), Wood (41) and Wyoming (1).

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