CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources said Saturday evening there have now been 50 COVID-19 related deaths in West Virginia.
The weekend’s second report from the agency added the deaths of a 69-year-old Kanawha County woman and a 100-year-old woman from Monongalia County. Earlier Saturday the agency reported the death of a 70-year-old man from Kanawha County.
According to the DHHR’s coronavirus website, 31 of the 50 deaths have come at nursing homes.
.@WV_DHHR has confirmed the death of a 69-year old female from Kanawha Co. and a 100-year old female from Monongalia Co. “We take the reporting of these deaths very seriously and extend our deepest sympathies to their loved ones,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 2, 2020
There have been 1,184 confirmed cases in West Virginia following 51,115 test. The positive test rate is at 2.32 percent 36 hours before Gov. Jim Justice’s new safer-at-home order replaces his stay-at-home order. The new order begins at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
The Saturday evening DHHR report did not include a third confirmed coronavirus case in Gilmer County. The Gilmer County Health Department confirmed Saturday that an inmate at the the federal prisoner near Glenville has tested positive for COVID-19. Prison officials told the department the inmate is being treated at the prison and is doing well. No further information was released.
It marks the first inmate in West Virginia to test positive.
Confirmed cases of coronavirus per county include:
Barbour (5), Berkeley (156), Boone (6), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (44), Fayette (14), Gilmer (2), Grant (1), Greenbrier (5), Hampshire (7), Hancock (11), Hardy (7), Harrison (30), Jackson (130), Jefferson (79), Kanawha (168), Lewis (4), Lincoln (2), Logan (13), Marion (46), Marshall (15), Mason (12), McDowell (6), Mercer (10), Mineral (18), Mingo (2), Monongalia (105), Monroe (5), Morgan (13), Nicholas (6), Ohio (33), Pendleton (3), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (2), Preston (13), Putnam (27), Raleigh (10), Randolph (4), Roane (7), Summers (1), Taylor (7), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (4), Wayne (89), Wetzel (3), Wirt (3), Wood (41), Wyoming (1).
@WV_DHHR reports as of 5:00 p.m., on May 2, 2020, there have been 51,115 laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 1,184 positive, 49,931 negative and 50 deaths. https://t.co/OJE9mVIVf2 pic.twitter.com/kGu0OQrY5f
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 2, 2020