PM MONDAY: 28 NEW CASES COVID-19 IN WV

(06/23/2020)
West Virginia has had another COVID-19 related death and 28 more positive COVID-19 cases Monday.

The state of WV has seen a 28% increase in cases in two weeks.

In the US, cases are skyrocketing in several states.

The state Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed the latest death, a 73-year-old man from Mineral County, Monday afternoon in a news release. West Virginia has now had 90 deaths associated with the virus.

As of 5 p.m., the state had a total of 2,571 cases.

Meanwhile, the number of active virus cases in the state continued to rise with a total of 755.

More than 153,300 tests have been given with a positive test rate of 1.68%.

Here are the latest county-by-county virus numbers (case confirmed by lab test/probable case): Barbour (13/0), Berkeley (415/18), Boone (19/0), Braxton (3/0), Brooke (6/1), Cabell (83/3), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (10/0), Fayette (59/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (15/1), Greenbrier (51/0), Hampshire (40/0), Hancock (18/2), Hardy (41/1), Harrison (49/1), Jackson (141/0), Jefferson (211/5), Kanawha (262/8), Lewis (15/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (21/0), Marion (53/2), Marshall (38/1), Mason (16/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (22/0), Mineral (51/2), Mingo (12/3), Monongalia (144/14), Monroe (8/1), Morgan (19/1), Nicholas (7/0), Ohio (73/0), Pendleton (12/1), Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston (50/13), Putnam (44/1), Raleigh (33/1), Randolph (152/0), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (12/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (13/1), Tucker (5/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (11/1)