| There are currently 20 coronavirus outbreaks at public schools in the state with 68 confirmed cases.
Currently, there are 43 outbreaks at long-term care facilities in the state, and 14 active church outbreaks in 12 counties.
As far as correctional facilities in the state, there are 12 active inmate cases and 10 active staff cases. There were nine positive tests at the Martinsburg correctional facility, with 84 inmates testing negative.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 215 new COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths, including the deaths of two local residents, in its report on Wednesday.
The DHHR announced 226 new COVID-19 cases and 9 additional deaths on Tuesday.
The report from the DHHR stated that as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21, there have been a total of 695,527 (+4,724) laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 20,734 (+215) total cases and 413 (+5) of those cases resulting in deaths.
The DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 62-year-old man from Wetzel County, an 87-year-old woman from Cabell County, a 76-year-old man from Upshur County, an 85-year-old woman from Harrison County and an 89-year-old woman from Cabell County.
According to the DHHRâs website, there are currently 5,106 (-7) active cases and 15,215 (+227) recovered cases in the state.
Listed below are the total numbers of COVID-19 cases per county, according to the DHHRâs latest report:
CASES PER COUNTY: *Barbour (164), Berkeley (1,461), Boone (307), Braxton (47), *Brooke (197), Cabell (1,237), Calhoun (33), Clay (55), Doddridge (67), Fayette (727), Gilmer (64), Grant (179), Greenbrier (162), Hampshire (122), Hancock (195), Hardy (102), *Harrison (624), Jackson (362), Jefferson (538), Kanawha (3,394), Lewis (68), Lincoln (221), Logan (719), Marion (362), Marshall (262), Mason (167), McDowell (106), Mercer (606), Mineral (206), Mingo (528), Monongalia (2,239), Monroe (206), Morgan (109), Nicholas (177), Ohio (467), Pendleton (73), Pleasants (23), Pocahontas (64), Preston (181), Putnam (804), Raleigh (681), Randolph (389), *Ritchie (31), Roane (92), Summers (82), Taylor (165), Tucker (58), Tyler (25), Upshur (228), Wayne (513), Webster (26), Wetzel (95), Wirt (32), Wood (505), Wyoming (187). |
