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SATURDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT: FOUR NEW DEATHS, 130 NEW CASES

(08/09/2020)
State health officials in West Virginia confirmed four new deaths related to the coronavirus Saturday morning, raising the state’s death toll to 131.

The deaths of a 70-year old man from Cabell County, a 38-year old woman from Kanawha County, an 84-year old woman from Fayette County and a 77-year old female from Fayette County were confirmed by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

The state also added 130 new COVID-19 cases while the number of active cases moved to 1,823.

The overall positive test rate in West Virginia remained at 2.38% while the daily positive test rate came in at 2.47%.

Following are the county case numbers (case confirmed by lab test/probable case): Barbour (29/0), Berkeley (666/27), Boone (100/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke (61/1), Cabell (380/9), Calhoun (6/0), Clay (18/0), Doddridge (6/0), Fayette (144/0), Gilmer (16/0), Grant (118/1), Greenbrier (92/0), Hampshire (76/0), Hancock (107/4), Hardy (57/1), Harrison (216/3), Jackson (162/0), Jefferson (287/7), Kanawha (898/13), Lewis (28/1), Lincoln (88/0), Logan (221/0), Marion (182/4), Marshall (127/4), Mason (54/0), McDowell (57/1), Mercer (182/0), Mineral (118/2), Mingo (170/2), Monongalia (921/17), Monroe (20/1), Morgan (25/1), Nicholas (36/1), Ohio (263/3), Pendleton (38/1), Pleasants (11/1), Pocahontas (40/1), Preston (103/21), Putnam (192/1), Raleigh (220/7), Randolph (204/4), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (15/0), Summers (10/0), Taylor (55/1), Tucker (10/0), Tyler (13/0), Upshur (36/3), Wayne (201/2), Webster (4/0), Wetzel (42/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (233/12), Wyoming (31/0).

As of Friday, there were 121 West Virginians hospitalized with the virus, including 46 on intensive care. There are currently 15 people on ventilators.

The number of recoveries moved to 5,609 Saturday morning.

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