Hur Herald

Hur Herald Archives

 Search Hur Herald Contact Hur Herald
Sunny Calhoun Couty West Virginia Calhoun County West Virginia Rural Scene  
Sunny Calhoun Couty West Virginia Sunny Calhoun Couty West Virginia
Calhoun County West Virginia Rural Scene Calhoun County West Virginia Rural Scene
Calhoun County Personal News Calhoun County Obituaries Calhoun County Opinion and Comments People and Humor Calhoun County Ancestry Photo of the Day
We Get Letters Calhoun County Events Columns Calhoun County Weather Submit News Tip About Hur Herald
Calhoun County Links Hur herald Guestbook Calhoun County Sports

Sponsor

TUESDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT - Eight New Deaths, 83 New Cases, Roane Increase In Cases

(08/26/2020)
West Virginia added eight new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, state health officials said.

The state Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed in a news release the deaths of a 65-year old man from Logan County, a 72-year-old woman from Logan County, a 72-year-old woman from Logan County, an 86-year-old woman from Taylor County, a 73-year-old woman from Wyoming County, a 92-year-old woman from Grant County, a 64-year-old woman from Kanawha County and a 51-year- old woman from Cabell County.

West Virginia’s death total is now at 187.

The DHHR said the state had 83 new virus cases since Monday, bringing the overall total to 9,395. Active cases declined 22, with a total of 1,722.

More than 403,000 tests have been conducted, and the overall positive test rate dropped slightly to 2.33%. The daily positive test rate was at 1.72%.

Hospitalizations declined by two and were listed at 139, with 46 in intensive care and 21 on a ventilator. Recoveries increased 101 since the last report and were at 7,486.

Following are the cases per county: Barbour (33), Berkeley (769), Boone (130), Braxton (9), Brooke (85), Cabell (493), Calhoun (8), Clay (19), Doddridge (6), Fayette (188), Gilmer (18), Grant (134), Greenbrier (98), Hampshire (92), Hancock (118), Hardy (66), Harrison (258), Jackson (192), Jefferson (328), Kanawha (1,246), Lewis (32), Lincoln (111), Logan (446), Marion (211), Marshall (134), Mason (86), McDowell (66), Mercer (276), Mineral (131), Mingo (219), Monongalia (1,059), Monroe (79), Morgan (37), Nicholas (44), Ohio (289), Pendleton (48), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42), Preston (136), Putnam (252), Raleigh (328), Randolph (221), Ritchie (3), Roane (25), Summers (18), Taylor (100), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (40), Wayne (230), Webster (7), Wetzel (45), Wirt (7), Wood (292 and Wyoming (51).

Hur Herald ®from Sunny Cal
The information on these pages, to the extent the law allows, remains the exclusive property of Bob Weaver and Dianne Weaver The Hur Herald. All information may be freely used but must not be sold or used in any type of commercial endeavor, or used on any web site without the express permission of the owners ©Bob and Dianne Weaver, The Hur Herald, 1999, 2000, 2001