CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state’s positive coronavirus test rate fell below 2 percent for the first time since mid-March in new numbers released by the state Department of Health and Human Resources Saturday morning.
The DHHR said the rate is now at 1.99 percent following 1,457 positive tests of the 73,936 tests conducted. The negative tests equal 71,936. There have been 64 COVID-19 deaths in the state.
The state added 2,254 total tests between Friday evening and Saturday morning and only 10 of the tests were positive for COVID-19.
Confirmed cases per county Saturday morning included:
Barbour (7), Berkeley (205), Boone (9), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (55), Clay (2), Fayette (38), Gilmer (8), Grant (6), Greenbrier (8), Hampshire (12), Hancock (12), Hardy (25), Harrison (35), Jackson (136), Jefferson (97), Kanawha (203), Lewis (4), Lincoln (5), Logan (14), Marion (47), Marshall (23), Mason (15), McDowell (6), Mercer (12), Mineral (26), Mingo (3), Monongalia (115), Monroe (6), Morgan (17), Nicholas (9), Ohio (38), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (2), Preston (15), Putnam (29), Raleigh (10), Randolph (5), Ritchie (1), Roane (9), Summers (1), Taylor (8), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (6), Wayne (96), Wetzel (7), Wirt (3), Wood (46), Wyoming (2).
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., on May 16, 2020, there have been 73,393 laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 1,457 positive, 71,936 negative and 64 deaths. #SaferAtHomeWVhttps://t.co/5D94bjakWX pic.twitter.com/VRPNfHE7Q7
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 16, 2020