CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Active COVID-19 cases in West Virginia decreased for the first time in a week Tuesday in information released on the state Department of Health and Human Resources coronavirus dashboard.
The state is now reporting 1,330 active cases down three from Monday evening. It’s the first reduction in active cases in the past week. There were 564 active cases statewide on July 1.
The DHHR said there have been 4,316 COVID-19 cases in the state since the pandemic began, an addition of three cases from the Monday evening release. There remain 97 COVID-19 related deaths.
According to the DHHR, the daily positive test rate Tuesday morning decreased to 1.91 percent, the lowest since July 1, which was 1.92 percent. The overall positive test rate after nearly 212,000 tests is 2.04 percent.
Gov. Jim Justice issued a mandatory mask order a week ago for public buildings where social distancing cannot be maintained.
Hospitalizations have increased. The DHHR said 63 people are now in the hospital for COVID-19, 22 are being treated in ICU.
Justice signed two executive orders Monday. He has closed bars in Monongalia County for 10 days. A second order limits public social gatherings to 25 people. The order does not include churches, weddings or events associated with essential businesses.
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., on July 14, 2020, there have been 211,915 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 4,316 total cases and 97 deaths. #SaferAtHomeWVhttps://t.co/IoJzu5fQim pic.twitter.com/7yZw2qNonC
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) July 14, 2020
Overall confirmed cases per county include:
(Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): 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 (420/12), 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 (557/14), 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 (7/0), Tyler (10/0), Upshur (31/2), Wayne (127/1), Webster (1/0), Wetzel (37/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (179/9), Wyoming (7/0).