WEDNESDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT: 967 NEW CASES, 13 DEATHS

(11/26/2020)
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 967 new COVID-19 cases and 13 additional deaths, including the death of a Harrison County resident, in its report on Wednesday.

The DHHR announced 969 new COVID-19 cases and 15 additional deaths on Tuesday.

Calhoun has 16 active cases plus.

The nation's epidemiologists are warning with the Thanksgiving holiday and colder weather coming, the worst is yet to come.

Daily coronavirus-related deaths in the United States have reached levels not seen since the early throes of the pandemic following a surge in the number of those hospitalized, an ominous sign that the current jump in cases is beginning to take its deadly toll and that more grim months lie ahead.

The report from the DHHR stated that as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 25, there have been a total of 1,063,597 (+15,520) laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 43,050 (+967) total cases and 695 (+13) of those cases resulting in deaths.

According to the DHHR’s COVID-19 dashboard, there are currently 14,283 (+343) active cases and 28,072 (+611) recovered cases in the state. As of Wednesday, nearly a third; approximately 33.17% of all COVID-19 cases that have been identified in West Virginia since the pandemic began in March are currently active.

Listed below are the total numbers of COVID-19 cases per county, according to the DHHR’s latest report:

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (375), Berkeley (2,874), Boone (603), Braxton (104), Brooke (587), Cabell (2,695), Calhoun (63), Clay (107), *Doddridge (112), Fayette (1,076), Gilmer (196), Grant (310), Greenbrier (414), Hampshire (295), Hancock (591), Hardy (227), Harrison (1,200), Jackson (680), Jefferson (1,233), Kanawha (5,400), Lewis (228), Lincoln (401), Logan (1,015), Marion (776), Marshall (1,080), Mason (383), McDowell (600), Mercer (1,264), Mineral (1,084), Mingo (947), Monongalia (3,143), Monroe (352), Morgan (245), Nicholas (315), Ohio (1,403), Pendleton (101), Pleasants (84), Pocahontas (115), Preston (505), Putnam (1,776), Raleigh (1,465), Randolph (660), Ritchie (139), Roane (158), Summers (260), Taylor (290), Tucker (117), Tyler (132), Upshur (462), Wayne (949), Webster (54), Wetzel (381), Wirt (94), Wood (2,281), Wyoming (649).