FRIDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT - 178 New Cases

(07/23/2020)
Two more coronavirus-related deaths and 178 new virus cases were reported Friday in West Virginia, state health officials said.

The nation's cases are rising again during summertime.

35 new WV cases are the Delta Strain.

In WV, despite lotteries and prizes, vaccinations seem to have hit a brick wall.

It appears that Calhoun has had one or two new cases this past week.

West Virginia’s death total for the pandemic has now risen to 2,936.

Active cases continue to climb, up 99 cases, and were at 1,324. The state’s cumulative positive test rate remained unchanged at 4.94%, while the daily positive test rate jumped from 2.61% to 3.68%.

Hospitalizations increased by one and were at 90 with 35 in intensive care and 16 on a ventilator. Recoveries were listed at 161.443.

Following are the latest county virus numbers: Barbour (1,522), Berkeley (12,980), Boone (2,190), Braxton (1,035), Brooke (2,257), Cabell (9,011), Calhoun (400), Clay (544), Doddridge (649), Fayette (3,600), Gilmer (891), Grant (1,322), Greenbrier (2,919), Hampshire (1,935), Hancock (2,860), Hardy (1,588), Harrison (6,281), Jackson (2,283), Jefferson (4,829), Kanawha (15,594), Lewis (1,325), Lincoln (1,613), Logan (3,318), Marion (4,707), Marshall (3,565), Mason (2,094), McDowell (1,656), Mercer (5,248), Mineral (3,006), Mingo (2,797), Monongalia (9,464), Monroe (1,229), Morgan (1,256), Nicholas (1,936), Ohio (4,340), Pendleton (726), Pleasants (961), Pocahontas (683), Preston (2,971), Putnam (5,415), Raleigh (7,141), Randolph (2,879), Ritchie (768), Roane (670), Summers (869), Taylor (1,304), Tucker (549), Tyler (754), Upshur (2,011), Wayne (3,206), Webster (588), Wetzel (1,405), Wirt (468), Wood (8,005) and Wyoming (2,085).