| The death toll from the coronavirus in West Virginia increased to 51 Wednesday afternoon as statistics released by state health officials also showed two additional confirmed cases at the Parkersburg Care Center.
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is reporting 28 new COVID-19 cases.
The latest death was an 83-year-old woman from Berkeley County, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said.
In addition, updated information on the DHHR's COVID-19 website showed two workers at the Parkersburg Care Center on Gihon Road in Parkersburg have tested positive for the virus.
They are among at least 42 cases that health officials have confirmed in Wood County.
The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department announced on April 29 that a patient at the facility had tested positive for the virus. Sixty patients and 80 employees have been tested, according to the DHHR website.
Meanwhile, as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, the DHHR showed 1,276 confirmed cases in West Virginia to go along with 54,809 negative results from among 56,085 laboratory results received.
Following is a county-by-county breakdown of cases confirmed by the DHHR (local health departments may be reporting different numbers):
Barbour (6), Berkeley (171), Boone (6), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (47), Clay (1), Fayette (27), Gilmer (3), Grant (3), Greenbrier (8), Hampshire (8), Hancock (11), Hardy (11), Harrison (32), Jackson (136), Jefferson (84), Kanawha (172), Lewis (4), Lincoln (3), Logan (15), Marion (46), Marshall (20), Mason (12), McDowell (6), Mercer (11), Mineral (20), Mingo (2), Monongalia (111), Monroe (6), Morgan (14), Nicholas (8), Ohio (33), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (2), Preston (14), Putnam (27), Raleigh (9), Randolph (5), Ritchie (1), Roane (7), Summers (1), Taylor (8), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (5), Wayne (92), Wetzel (3), Wirt (3), Wood (42), Wyoming (1)
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