FRIDAY COVID-19 WV REPORT: 247 NEW CASES, FIVE DEATHS, NEW CASES IN CALHOUN

(09/26/2020)
Five more coronavirus-related deaths were reported Friday in West Virginia, including two in Kanawha County.

The state Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed in a news release the deaths of a 67-year-old woman from Kanawha County, a 69-year-old woman from Kanawha County, a 94-year-old man from Harrison County, a 58-year-old man from Doddridge County and a 67-year-old woman from Mercer County.

West Virginia’s death total is now at 330.

Milton Middle School and Huntington East Middle School have been closed with cases of COVID-19.

The Salem fire chief has died from COVID-19.

State is reporting new cases of COVID-19 in Calhoun.

There were 247 new virus cases reported in the past 24 hours, and the total is now at 14,953. Active cases climbed 105 cases and were at a total of 3,655.

The state’s cumulative positive test rate continued to climb and was at 2.79%, up from 2.78%. The daily positive percentage was at 3.53%.

Hospitalizations were up by four and were at 177, with 59 in intensive care and 31 on a ventilator. Recoveries were up 137 and were at 10,968.

Following are the latest county case numbers: Barbour (53), Berkeley (976), Boone (218), Braxton (13), Brooke (111), Cabell (767), Calhoun (25), Clay (34), Doddridge (22), Fayette (599), Gilmer (43), Grant (158), Greenbrier (125), Hampshire (104), Hancock (148), Hardy (88), Harrison (349), Jackson (259), Jefferson (427), Kanawha (2,554), Lewis (38), Lincoln (164), Logan (606), Marion (265), Marshall (170), Mason (141), McDowell (81), Mercer (409), Mineral (172), Mingo (372), Monongalia (1,980), Monroe (147), Morgan (53), Nicholas (99), Ohio (367), Pendleton (52), Pleasants (17), Pocahontas (59), Preston (152), Putnam (538), Raleigh (501), Randolph (240), Ritchie (12), Roane (49), Summers (49), Taylor (120), Tucker (20), Tyler (16), Upshur (64), Wayne (389), Webster (7), Wetzel (53), Wirt (12), Wood (356) and Wyoming (110).