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COVID-19 WV UPDATE SATURDAY: 30 RECORD BREAKING WV DEATHS, 1,400 NEW CASES |
| (12/06/2020) |
| The nation's Coronavirus infections continue to spread at record levels in the United States, reaching a new daily high of nearly 228,000 new cases on Friday. Half of West Virginias schools will have remote learning this week because of heightened community spread of Covid-19, and West Virginia hit its highest levels in deaths and coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. State health officials in West Virginia confirmed 30 new virus-related deaths Saturday along with 1,400 positive cases. West Virginia sets all time record for single day COVID-19 deaths: 30. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources released the data Saturday after a more than four-hour delay. The deaths include a 67-year old male from Tyler County, a 73-year old male from Cabell County, an 85-year old female from Putnam County, a 62-year old female from Kanawha County, a 65-year old male from Mercer County, an 85-year old female from Kanawha County, a 79-year old male from Mercer County, a 69-year old female from Mineral County, a 68-year old male from Berkeley County, an 84-year old male from Barbour County, a 54-year old male from Fayette County, a 36-year old male from Mingo County, a 51-year old male from Kanawha County, a 76-year old male from Mineral County, a 93-year old female from Mineral County, a 73-year old female from Berkeley County, an 88-year old female Putnam County, a 95-year old female from Kanawha County, a 74-year old female from Fayette County, a 76-year old male from Fayette County, an 84-year old male from Kanawha County, a 75-year old male from Kanawha County, an 80-year old male from Ohio County, an 85-year old female from Putnam County, a 61-year old male from Mineral County, an 84-year old male from Mineral County, an 82-year old female from Preston County, an 83-year old female from Preston County, a 47-year old male from Logan County, and a 63-year old female from Logan County. The new cases increase West Virginias active total to 18,289. The overall positive test rate was 3.78% while the daily positive rate was 5.74%. There are currently 641 residents hospitalized with the virus, including 177 in intensive care and 85 on ventilators. Follow is the breakdown of total cases by county: Barbour (497), Berkeley (3,747), Boone (709), Braxton (140), Brooke (777), Cabell (3,276), Calhoun (88), Clay (149), Doddridge (136), Fayette (1,241), Gilmer (218), Grant (465), Greenbrier (625), Hampshire (422), Hancock (910), Hardy (377), Harrison (1,623), Jackson (766), Jefferson (1,536), Kanawha (6,107), Lewis (266), Lincoln (460), Logan (1,128), Marion (1,024), Marshall (1,468), Mason (598), McDowell (674), Mercer (1,465), Mineral (1,515), Mingo (1,032), Monongalia (3,561), Monroe (411), Morgan (334), Nicholas (404), Ohio (1,764), Pendleton (125), Pleasants (120), Pocahontas (266), Preston (793), Putnam (2,184), Raleigh (1,759), Randolph (779), Ritchie (200), Roane (211), Summers (294), Taylor (397), Tucker (176), Tyler (167), Upshur (561), Wayne (1,147), Webster (72), Wetzel (464), Wirt (131), Wood (2,973), Wyoming (840). |
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