OVER 700 NEW WV COVID-19 CASES IN 48-HOURS

(10/18/2020)
State health officials are also reporting 221 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, with nearly 500 new cases reported Friday. with a total of 19,801 cases, with 4,839 active cases and 14,563 West Virginians who have recovered from the virus.

Calhoun has eight active cases.

U.S. records 70,000 new cases in a day for the first time since July.

Number of cases per county: Barbour (163), Berkeley (1,376), Boone (288), Braxton (35), Brooke (192), Cabell (1,141), Calhoun (32), Clay (51), Doddridge (65), Fayette (709), Gilmer (62), Grant (178), Greenbrier (153), Hampshire (118), Hancock (185), Hardy (101), Harrison (619), Jackson (345), Jefferson (518), Kanawha (3,273), Lewis (64), Lincoln (207), Logan (707), Marion (351), Marshall (241), Mason (161), McDowell (104), Mercer (550), Mineral (202), Mingo (494), Monongalia (2,214), Monroe (188), Morgan (95), Nicholas (172), Ohio (452), Pendleton (65), Pleasants (22), Pocahontas (64), Preston (174), Putnam (779), Raleigh (643), Randolph (372), Ritchie (25), Roane (86), Summers (73), Taylor (158), Tucker (51), Tyler (24), Upshur (216), Wayne (484), Webster (19), Wetzel (81), Wirt (28), Wood (468), Wyoming (163).

There will be COVID-19 testing events held Sunday, Oct.:

Clay County, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Clay County High School, 1 Panther Drive, Clay, WV

Doddridge County, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., Doddridge County High School, 79 Bulldog Drive, West Union, WV

Gilmer County, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Sue Morris Sports Complex, 1294 North Lewis Street, Glenville, WV