WEDNESDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT: 27 DEATHS, 1,141 NEW CASES

(12/17/2020)
Some vaccines have arrived for high risk groups in WV.

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 1,141 new COVID-19 cases and 27 additional deaths, including the deaths of a Lewis County resident and a Marion County resident, in its report on Wednesday.

The DHHR announced 1,314 new COVID-19 cases and 34 additional deaths, the highest number of deaths reported in a single day, as the state’s death toll surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday.

The report from the DHHR stated that as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 16, there have been a total of 1,339,101 (+8,700) laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 66,849 (+1,141) total cases and 1,039 (+27) of those cases resulting in deaths.

According to the DHHR’s COVID-19 dashboard, there are currently 21,260 (+169) active cases and 44,550 (+945) recovered cases in the state.

Listed below are the total numbers of COVID-19 cases per county, according to the DHHR’s latest report:

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (575), Berkeley (4,745), Boone (841), Braxton (187), Brooke (1,069), Cabell (4,134), Calhoun (112), Clay (211), Doddridge (178), Fayette (1,407), Gilmer (258), Grant (606), Greenbrier (963), Hampshire (682), Hancock (1,378), Hardy (553), Harrison (2,123), Jackson (941), Jefferson (1,914), Kanawha (7,282), Lewis (359), Lincoln (578), Logan (1,261), Marion (1,310), Marshall (1,711), Mason (836), McDowell (755), Mercer (1,935), Mineral (1,900), Mingo (1,151), Monongalia (4,319), Monroe (491), Morgan (482), Nicholas (521), Ohio (2,067), Pendleton (193), Pleasants (219), Pocahontas (303), Preston (1,147), Putnam (2,528), Raleigh (2,166), Randolph (947), Ritchie (265), Roane (244), Summers (334), Taylor (516), Tucker (244), Tyler (250), Upshur (661), Wayne (1,391), Webster (111), Wetzel (541), Wirt (164), Wood (3,813), Wyoming (977).