DHHR: State positive test rate for coronavirus remains below 4 percent

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first of two scheduled releases of confirmed coronavirus cases by the state Department of Health and Human Resources Friday put the total confirmed cases at 536, an increase of 13 positive cases since the agency’s Thursday evening report.

The state said 14,001 of the 14,537 tests given have been negative. The state is still reporting five deaths.

The positive test rate for West Virginia is 3.69 percent.

There’s another release of numbers scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday.

The breakdown by county Friday morning included:

Barbour (4), Berkeley (83), Boone (1), Braxton (1), Brooke (2), Cabell (17), Fayette (1), Greenbrier (3), Hampshire (2), Hancock (7), Hardy (2), Harrison (28), Jackson (20), Jefferson (44), Kanawha (74), Lewis (2), Logan (8), Marion (31), Marshall (6), Mason (6), McDowell (4), Mercer (7), Mineral (3), Monongalia (76), Morgan (4), Nicholas (2), Ohio (21), Pendleton (1), Pleasants (1), Preston (6), Putnam (11), Raleigh (5), Randolph (3), Roane (3), Taylor (3), Tucker (3), Tyler (2), Upshur (2), Wayne (16), Wetzel (3), Wirt (1), Wood (16), Wyoming (1).





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