CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in West Virginia topped the 500 mark in numbers released by the state Department of Health and Human Resources Thursday evening.
The DHHR reported 523 confirmed cases, a 40-case increase from 24 hours before. There have been 13,863 residents tested for COVID-19. A total of 13,340 tests have been negative with five deaths.
The state’s positive test rate is 3.74 percent.
Berkeley (82), Monongalia (76) and Kanawha (73) have the most confirmed cases in the DHHR numbers which can lag behind a few days from the confirmed cases announced by local county health departments.
Forty-three of the state’s 55 counties have at least one positive case.
Confirmed cases by county:
Barbour (4), Berkeley (82), Boone (1), Braxton (1), Brooke (2), Cabell (17), Fayette (1), Greenbrier (3), Hampshire (2), Hancock (7), Hardy (2), Harrison (29), Jackson (20), Jefferson (45), Kanawha (73), Lewis (1), Logan (8), Marion (31), Marshall (5), Mason (7), McDowell (4), Mercer (7), Mineral (3), Monongalia (76), Morgan (4), Nicholas (2), Ohio (20), Pendleton (1), Pleasants (1), Preston (6), Putnam (11), Raleigh (5), Randolph (3), Roane (3), Taylor (3), Tucker (3), Tyler (2), Upshur (2), Wayne (6), Wetzel (2), Wirt (1), Wood (16), Wyoming (1). county: