WEDNESDAY COVID-19 WV REPORT - THREE NEW DEATHS, 145 NEW CASES

(08/27/2020)
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported three new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday morning.

The three new deaths brings the state's total since the pandemic started to 190.

The DHHR confirmed the deaths of a 61-year-old woman from Logan County, an 87-year-old woman from Ohio County and a 72-year-old woman from Mercer County.

The DHHR also reported 145 new positive COVID-19 cases, bringing the state's total to 9,540. Active cases increased Wednesday morning by 27, for a total of 1,749 cases.

The cumulative positive testing rate is at 2.33% with a daily positive testing rate of 2.35%.

In KY new cases include 114 children under the age of 18.

Following are the cases per county: Barbour (33), Berkeley (777), Boone (131), Braxton (9), Brooke (85), Cabell (501), Calhoun (8), Clay (19), Doddridge (6), Fayette (195), Gilmer (18), Grant (138), Greenbrier (99), Hampshire (91), Hancock (118), Hardy (66), Harrison (259), Jackson (194), Jefferson (332), Kanawha (1,281), Lewis (32), Lincoln (111), Logan (454), Marion (212), Marshall (134), Mason (91), McDowell (72), Mercer (284), Mineral (131), Mingo (222), Monongalia (1,072), Monroe (91), Morgan (37), Nicholas (47), Ohio (289), Pendleton (44), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42), Preston (136), Putnam (254), Raleigh (331), Randolph (220), Ritchie (3), Roane (25), Summers (18), Taylor (103), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (41), Wayne (232), Webster (7), Wetzel (45), Wirt (8), Wood (297), Wyoming (55).