| West Virginia health officials reported two coronavirus deaths and 52 new positive cases in Fridays update.
The death total for the pandemic is now at 2,899, according to the state Department of Health and Human Resources. The most recent confirmed deaths were an 83-year-old man from Mercer County and an 83-year-old man from Wyoming County.
Active cases were down to 1,259, which is a decrease of 75 from the last update. The states cumulative positive test percentage remained at 5.01% and the daily positive percentage test rate decreased from 1.53% Thursday to 1.26% Friday.
There were 65 people hospitalized with the virus in the latest update, with 24 in intensive care and seven on a ventilator. Recoveries were at 159,991.
Following are the latest county case numbers: Barbour (1,515), Berkeley (12,847), Boone (2,179), Braxton (1,018), Brooke (2,247), Cabell (8,888), Calhoun (392), Clay (543), Doddridge (644), Fayette (3,557), Gilmer (885), Grant (1,317), Greenbrier (2,900), Hampshire (1,927), Hancock (2,844), Hardy (1,583), Harrison (6,198), Jackson (2,260), Jefferson (4,800), Kanawha (15,496), Lewis (1,290), Lincoln (1,607), Logan (3,300), Marion (4,655), Marshall (3,538), Mason (2,064), McDowell (1,615), Mercer (5,193), Mineral (2,985), Mingo (2,764), Monongalia (9,399), Monroe (1,223), Morgan (1,227), Nicholas (1,905), Ohio (4,314), Pendleton (725), Pleasants (959), Pocahontas (681), Preston (2,959), Putnam (5,331), Raleigh (7,096), Randolph (2,858), Ritchie (761), Roane (665), Summers (864), Taylor (1,282), Tucker (547), Tyler (748), Upshur (1,970), Wayne (3,182), Webster (546), Wetzel (1,392), Wirt (457), Wood (7,948), Wyoming (2,059).
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