| Health officials In West Virginia confirmed another COVID-19-related death Sunday following one of the state's deadliest week with 31 deaths, since the pandemic began.
An 89-year-old man from Kanawha County is the stateâs 213th virus-related death, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
Following the state's color-coded chart, 51 counties can play football with schools set to open Sept. 8.
West Virginia added 143 new cases on the day, reaching a total of 10,110. The active case total is now 1,914.
The overall positive test rate inched up Sunday from 2.34% to 2.35% with the daily positive test rate coming in at 2.84%.
Hospitalizations in West Virginia decreased by 10 in the past 24 hours to 141. There are also 45 people now in intensive care and 21 on ventilators -- both slightly down from the previous day.
Following is the case breakdown by county: Barbour (33), Berkeley (798), Boone (139), Braxton (9), Brooke (88), Cabell (530), Calhoun (9), Clay (26), Doddridge (6), Fayette (268), Gilmer (18), Grant (139), Greenbrier (106), Hampshire (92), Hancock (122), Hardy (73), Harrison (265), Jackson (201), Jefferson (355), Kanawha (1,393), Lewis (32), Lincoln (115), Logan (479), Marion (217), Marshall (133), Mason (102), McDowell (70), Mercer (297), Mineral (144), Mingo (236), Monongalia (1,113), Monroe (117), Morgan (37), Nicholas (52), Ohio (290), Pendleton (44), Pleasants (15), Pocahontas (42), Preston (140), Putnam (278), Raleigh (356), Randolph (223), Ritchie (5), Roane (29), Summers (19), Taylor (105), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (43), Wayne (248), Webster (7), Wetzel (46), Wirt (9), Wood (305), Wyoming (66).
Meanwhile, Kanawha County remained in orange in the daily color-coded map provided by the state DHHR.
At least 7,983 West Virginians have recovered from the coronavirus. |
