| Deaths Rise in 27 States as Virus Surges Across U.S.
West Virginia health officials have broken the record for the most COVID-19 deaths reported in 24 hours with 15 deaths, along with 655 new cases of the virus.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirms the deaths of a 72-year-old female from Mingo County, a 52-year-old male from Mercer County, a 72-year old male from Raleigh County, a 67-year-old male from Mingo County, an 85-year-old female from Cabell County, an 80-year-old male from Fayette County, a 68-year-old female from Wirt County, an 83-year-old female from Marshall County, a 59-year-old male from Cabell County, a 49-year-old male from Summers County, a 90-year-old female from Summers County, a 77-year-old female from Preston County, an 82-year-old male from Boone County, a 90-year-old female from Boone County, and a 98-year-old female from Boone County.
West Virginia has lost 502 lives due to COVID-19.
As of 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, 655 new COVID-19 cases have added overnight, breaking the last highest daily reported cases total of 560. The state has 27,742 total cases, with 25,178 confirmed cases and 2,400 probable cases.
There are 6,454 West Virginians who are fighting the virus in the Mountain State, another record broken by more than 300 cases. Yesterdayâs statewide report recorded 6,135 active cases.
20,786 West Virginians have recovered from the virus.
The cumulative positivity rate is 3.03% with a daily percent positivity rate of 4.79%.
The number of COVID-19 cases per county: Barbour (217), Berkeley (1,874), Boone (446), Braxton (89), Brooke (282), Cabell (1,783), Calhoun (37), Clay (74), Doddridge (77), Fayette (840), Gilmer (116), Grant (206), Greenbrier (246), Hampshire (175), Hancock (272), Hardy (117), Harrison (731), Jackson (455), Jefferson (700), Kanawha (4,102), Lewis (138), Lincoln (298), Logan (834), Marion (456), Marshall (544), Mason (197), McDowell (167), Mercer (896), Mineral (329), Mingo (728), Monongalia (2,471), Monroe (275), Morgan (177), Nicholas (211), Ohio (764), Pendleton (79), Pleasants (45), Pocahontas (76), Preston (264), Putnam (1,123), Raleigh (951), Randolph (480), Ritchie (69), Roane (119), Summers (169), Taylor (182), Tucker (69), Tyler (80), Upshur (300), Wayne (672), Webster (42), Wetzel (266), Wirt (58), Wood (957), Wyoming (417).
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