CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The positive test rate for coronavirus cases in West Virginia stayed below 2 percent Sunday.
According to the state Department of Health and Human Resources, the rate has fallen to 1.97 percent. There have been 1,490 positive tests confirmed in the Mountain State out of a total 75,490 recorded.
The COVID-19 related death total is at 67. The DHHR has received information on two deaths from Fayette County that county officials had earlier reported. A 69-year-old man and 85-year-old woman died, officials said.
“We regret to report two more deaths of West Virginians and wish their families our sincere condolences,” state DHHR Secretary Bill Crouch said.
The DHHR also reported Sunday evening it’s report from Sunday morning had been adjusted slightly after a handful of counties changed their numbers. The agency said there had either been a duplicate case or that it was a case where the person lived outside of West Virginia.
reported case count went down by 1, as did Kanawha Co and Monongalia Co and Pocahontas Co saw an increase by 1. Reason for reductions in total attributed to individuals being from out of state or a duplicate case reported earlier was determined by a county health department. 2/2
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 17, 2020
Confirmed cases per county Sunday evening include:
Barbour (7), Berkeley (210), Boone (9), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (56), Calhoun (2), Clay (2), Fayette (38), Gilmer (8), Grant (6), Greenbrier (9), Hampshire (12), Hancock (12), Hardy (25), Harrison (35), Jackson (136), Jefferson (100), Kanawha (206), Lewis (5), Lincoln (5), Logan (15), Marion (48), Marshall (24), Mason (15), McDowell (6), Mercer (12), Mineral (28), Mingo (4), Monongalia (116), Monroe (6), Morgan (17), Nicholas (9), Ohio (38), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (9), Preston (15), Putnam (29), Raleigh (10), Randolph (7), Ritchie (1), Roane (9), Summers (1), Taylor (8), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (6), Wayne (96), Wetzel (7), Wirt (3), Wood (47), Wyoming (2).
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 5:00 p.m., on May 17, 2020, there have been 75,490 laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 1,490 positive, 74,000 negative and 67 deaths. #SaferAtHomeWVhttps://t.co/PFD8qVjav8 pic.twitter.com/us0T8MPnOf
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 17, 2020