Coronavirus deaths increase to 97

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 97th West Virginia has died in connection to the coronavirus pandemic.

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday night the death of an 85-year-old woman from Ohio County.

The department also reported Monday evening that officials have identified 4,313 cases of the coronavirus during the pandemic, in which 1,333 cases are active. White residents make up 79.5% of all cases compared to Black West Virginians making up 7.1% of cases.

Sixty-three West Virginians are hospitalized, in which 22 people are in the intensive care unit and eight people are using ventilators.

The cumulative rate of total cases over all laboratory tests is 2.04%, while the daily rate is 1.91%.

The department also updated the number of confirmed and probable cases in each county: Barbour (20/0), Berkeley (518/19), Boone (34/0), Braxton (5/0), Brooke (27/1), Cabell (192/7), Calhoun (4/0), Clay (12/0), Fayette (84/0), Gilmer (13/0), Grant (21/1), Greenbrier (71/0), Hampshire (42/0), Hancock (41/3), Hardy (46/1), Harrison (122/0), Jackson (148/0), Jefferson (253/5), Kanawha (421/12), Lewis (21/1), Lincoln (9/0), Logan (39/0), Marion (106/3), Marshall (65/1), Mason (25/0), McDowell (8/0), Mercer (63/0), Mineral (66/2), Mingo (29/2), Monongalia (554/14), Monroe (14/1), Morgan (19/1), Nicholas (19/1), Ohio (147/0), Pendleton (15/1), Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (37/1), Preston (81/21), Putnam (90/1), Raleigh (80/3), Randolph (188/2), Ritchie (2/0), Roane (12/0), Summers (2/0), Taylor (22/1), Tucker (6/0), Tyler (10/0), Upshur (31/2), Wayne (127/1), Webster (1/0), Wetzel (37/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (179/9) and Wyoming (7/0).





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