PM FRIDAY: 145 NEW WV COVID-19 CASES

(07/25/2020)
West Virginia added 42 new COVID-19 cases Friday afternoon and had a daily total increase of 145 cases, state health officials reported.

The number of active cases declined a total of 25 from the previous day, from 1,604 to 1,579.

According to a news release from the DHHR, the state had a total of 5,695 cases as of 5 p.m. Friday.

No new deaths were reported, and the death total remained at 103.

More than 253,000 tests have been conducted and the overall positive test rate was at 2.25%. The daily positive test rate was at 3.41%.

The number of hospitalizations was listed at 76, with 37 in intensive care and 15 on a ventilator. DHHR officials reported 4,013 have recovered from the virus.

Following are the cases per county (case confirmed by lab test/probable case): Barbour (28/0), Berkeley (585/19), Boone (69/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke (42/1), Cabell (248/9), Calhoun (5/0), Clay (17/0), Fayette (111/0), Gilmer (14/0), Grant (37/1), Greenbrier (81/0), Hampshire (55/0), Hancock (80/4), Hardy (49/1), Harrison (152/1), Jackson (153/0), Jefferson (273/5), Kanawha (641/12), Lewis (24/1), Lincoln (36/2), Logan (66/0), Marion (148/4), Marshall (94/1), Mason (38/0), McDowell (13/1), Mercer (79/0), Mineral (87/2), Mingo (79/2), Monongalia (797/15), Monroe (17/1), Morgan (24/1), Nicholas (22/1), Ohio (217/0), Pendleton (27/1), Pleasants (6/1), Pocahontas (39/1), Preston (94/21), Putnam (132/1), Raleigh (119/4), Randolph (201/4), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (12/0), Summers (4/0), Taylor (37/1), Tucker (8/0), Tyler (11/0), Upshur (33/2), Wayne (173/2), Webster (3/0), Wetzel (41/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (209/11) and Wyoming (15/0)