PM FRIDAY: STATE COVID-19 REPORT SHOWS TWO NEW DEATHS

(05/17/2020)
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources officials reported 13 new cases of COVID-19.

That brings the total count to 1,447.

The report did not include Calhoun's first case.

The state's 63rd and 64th deaths were also reported. The patients were a a 76-year old female from Wayne County and a 68-year old male from Kanawha County.

As of 5 p.m., there have been 71,682 laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 1,447 confirmed, 70,235 negative and 64 deaths.

DHHR officials also reported 889 recoveries.

CONFIRMED CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (7), Berkeley (205), Boone (9), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (55), Clay (2), Fayette (38), Gilmer (8), Grant (6), Greenbrier (8), Hampshire (12), Hancock (12), Hardy (25), Harrison (34), Jackson (138), Jefferson (96), Kanawha (197), Lewis (4), Lincoln (5), Logan (14), Marion (46), Marshall (23), Mason (15), McDowell (6), Mercer (12), Mineral (26), Mingo (3), Monongalia (114), Monroe (6), Morgan (17), Nicholas (9), Ohio (38), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (2), Preston (15), Putnam (29), Raleigh (10), Randolph (5), Ritchie (1), Roane (8), Summers (1), Taylor (8), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (6), Wayne (96), Wetzel (7), Wirt (3), Wood (45), Wyoming (2).