CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state’s positive test rate for the coronavirus remains below two percent in information released Tuesday morning by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.
The rate, now at 1.93 percent, comes after 1,509 positive test results out of a total of 78,301 tests. There have been 68 COVID-19 tests in West Virginia.
Positive cases per county include:
Barbour (7), Berkeley (219), Boone (9), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (55), Calhoun (2), Clay (2), Fayette (38), Gilmer (8), Grant (6), Greenbrier (9), Hampshire (12), Hancock (12), Hardy (32), Harrison (35), Jackson (135), Jefferson (102), Kanawha (203), Lewis (5), Lincoln (5), Logan (15), Marion (48), Marshall (25), Mason (15), McDowell (6), Mercer (13), Mineral (29), Mingo (3), Monongalia (116), Monroe (6), Morgan (17), Nicholas (9), Ohio (37), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (8), Preston (15), Putnam (29), Raleigh (12), Randolph (8), Ritchie (1), Roane (9), Summers (1), Taylor (8), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (6), Wayne (96), Wetzel (7), Wirt (4), Wood (48), Wyoming (3).
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., on May 19, 2020, there have been 78,301 laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 1,509 positive, 76,792 negative and 68 deaths. #SaferAtHomeWVhttps://t.co/tN55dnOAu6 pic.twitter.com/DzC7zbDpcW
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 19, 2020