CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state’s positive test rate for the coronavirus continued to inch downward Monday. The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported the rate at 2.26 percent Monday evening.
There have now been 54,075 coronavirus tests given in West Virginia and 52,851 have been negative, 1,224 positive. The number of deaths contributed to COVID-19 remained at 50 Monday.
Most of the deaths in West Virginia have been to people older than 70. State Health Officer Dr. Cathy Slemp confirmed Monday many of the elderly residents already had advanced directives spelling out their end-of-life treatment.
“I don’t have exact numbers but a fair portion of them have had advanced directives already,” Slemp said. “So it’s difficult to sort out would they truly have died from COVID-19 or otherwise.”
Of the 521 active cases in the state, 64 people remain hospitalized. There are 23 patients in ICU and a dozen of them on ventilators.
Confirmed cases per county include:
Barbour (5), Berkeley (166), Boone (6), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (44), Fayette (16), Gilmer (3), Grant (3), Greenbrier (7), Hampshire (8), Hancock (11), Hardy (9), Harrison (31), Jackson (135), Jefferson (82), Kanawha (168), Lewis (4), Lincoln (2), Logan (13), Marion (46), Marshall (19), Mason (12), McDowell (6), Mercer (11), Mineral (18), Mingo (2), Monongalia (107), Monroe (5), Morgan (13), Nicholas (6), Ohio (33), Pendleton (3), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (2), Preston (13), Putnam (29), Raleigh (10), Randolph (4), Ritchie (1), Roane (6), Summers (1), Taylor (7), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (5), Wayne (90), Wetzel (3), Wirt (3), Wood (41), Wyoming (1).
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 5:00 p.m., on May 4, 2020, there have been 54,075 laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 1,224 positive, 52,851 negative and 50 deaths. https://t.co/1NFXnKM8AF pic.twitter.com/MoKZcIaQLN
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 4, 2020