| Health officials in West Virginia confirmed two more coronavirus-related deaths Sunday, raising the state's death toll to 178.
The deaths of an 83-year old man from Mercer County and a 92-year old woman from Taylor County were confirmed by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources in a news release.
West Virginia added 87 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, raising its total to 9,272. There are currently 1,736 active cases, up 34 from Saturday.
The stateâs overall positive test rate dropped for a second-straight day and is now down to 2.34%. The daily positive test rate came in at 1.39%.
There are currently 139 residents hospitalized with the virus, including 46 in intensive care and 23 on ventilators.
Following is the positive case breakdown by county: Barbour (33), Berkeley (766), Boone (127), Braxton (9), Brooke (84), Cabell (487), Calhoun (8), Clay (19), Doddridge (6), Fayette (186), Gilmer (18), Grant (133), Greenbrier (100), Hampshire (91), Hancock (118), Hardy (63), Harrison (255), Jackson (190), Jefferson (322), Kanawha (1,214), Lewis (32), Lincoln (115), Logan (437), Marion (207), Marshall (135), Mason (83), McDowell (66), Mercer (274), Mineral (131), Mingo (213), Monongalia (1,053), Monroe (65), Morgan (37), Nicholas (42), Ohio (288), Pendleton (48), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42), Preston (134), Putnam (245), Raleigh (324), Randolph (220), Ritchie (3), Roane (24), Summers (18), Taylor (100), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (40), Wayne (226), Webster (7), Wetzel (45), Wirt (7), Wood (291), Wyoming (51).
At least 7,358 West Virginians have recovered from the virus. |
