THURSDAY: WV HAS 26 MORE POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES

(04/03/2020)
West Virginia’s positive coronavirus cases have increased by 26, bringing the state’s overall total to 217, state health officials said.

A news release from the state Department of Health and Human Resources said as of Thursday afternoon 5,493 residents have been tested for COVID-19, with 5,276 negative results. Two deaths, one in Marion County and one in Jackson County, have been reported.

The DHHR provided the following county-by-county totals: Barbour (1), Berkeley (27), Cabell (3), Greenbrier (3), Hancock (5), Hardy (2), Harrison (17), Jackson (11), Jefferson (12), Kanawha (39), Logan (4), Marion (10), Marshall (4), Mason (3), Mercer (3), Monongalia (35), Morgan (1), Ohio (10), Pendleton (1), Pleasants (1), Preston (3), Putnam (5), Raleigh (3), Randolph (2), Roane (2), Tucker (3), Upshur (1), Wetzel (2), Wirt (1) and Wood (3).