PM WEDNESDAY: 53 NEW CASES COVID-19 REPORTED?

(05/21/2020)

West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources reported Wednesday morning the state has 31 additional positive COVID-19 cases and one new death. Another PM report indicates 22 more cases Wednesday, making a total of 53. The DHHR report, at times does not include state totals, only county totals, at times making it difficult to reach a daily total. West Virginia now has a death toll of 69, with the newest death being a 75-year-old male from Kanawha County. The state has a total of 1,545 positive cases. There are 497 active cases and 950 people have recovered from COVID-19 in West Virginia. The state is testing at a cumulative average of 1.92% of positive cases per those tested. Positive cases per county are as follows: Barbour (7), Berkeley (233), Boone (9), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (56), Calhoun (2), Clay (2), Fayette (40), Gilmer (8), Grant (6), Greenbrier (9), Hampshire (12), Hancock (12), Hardy (33), Harrison (37), Jackson (135), Jefferson (111), Kanawha (204), Lewis (5), Lincoln (5), Logan (15), Marion (48), Marshall (25), Mason (15), McDowell (6), Mercer (13), Mineral (30), Mingo (3), Monongalia (118), Monroe (6), Morgan (17), Nicholas (9), Ohio (37), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (9), Preston (15), Putnam (30), Raleigh (14), Randolph (8), Ritchie (1), Roane (9), Summers (1), Taylor (8), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (6), Wayne (96), Wetzel (7), Wirt (4), Wood (47), Wyoming (3).

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