SATURDAY WV COVID-19: 800 NEW CASES - Calhoun Has Added 19 Cases Last Seven Days

(11/29/2020)
Health officials in West Virginia confirmed nearly 800 new coronavirus cases Saturday along with six deaths.

The new cases raised the state's active case total to 15,731, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

Calhoun has added 19 new cases since last Saturday - now 74, nearly all regional counties increasing.

There are currently 540 hospitalizations from the virus, including 151 people in intensive care and 65 on ventilators.

The overall positive test rate increased to 3.59% while the daily positive test rate came in at 4.17%.

Following is a breakdown of total cases by county: Barbour (396), Berkeley (3,081), Boone (636), Braxton (114), Brooke (625), Cabell (2,829), Calhoun (74), Clay (107), Doddridge (120), Fayette (1,131), Gilmer (202), Grant (332), Greenbrier (475), Hampshire (313), Hancock (663), Hardy (258), Harrison (1,320), Jackson (693), Jefferson (1,309), Kanawha (5,589), Lewis (236), Lincoln (416), Logan (1,034), Marion (849), Marshall (1,154), Mason (449), McDowell (620), Mercer (1,317), Mineral (1,197), Mingo (980), Monongalia (3,284), Monroe (372), Morgan (270), Nicholas (335), Ohio (1,496), Pendleton (103), Pleasants (89), Pocahontas (162), Preston (593), Putnam (1,915), Raleigh (1,538), Randolph (682), Ritchie (165), Roane (175), Summers (272), Taylor (320), Tucker (134), Tyler (138), Upshur (494), Wayne (1,000), Webster (66), Wetzel (403), Wirt (109), Wood (2,493), Wyoming (718).