CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia will likely reach 6,000 total cases of COVID-19 when the state Department of Health and Human Resources releases its next report Monday.
Cases grew by 173 Sunday to a total of 5,960, which represents an overall positive test rate of 2.28 percent since early March. The state’s daily positive test rate was just more than 3 percent Sunday.
Nearly 4,170 people have recovered from the virus in West Virginia while 1,689 other cases are considered active. Nearly 262,000 tests have been administered.
Deaths remained at 103 with 82 people currently hospitalized.
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 5:00 p.m., on July 26, 2020, there have been 261,591 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 5,960 total cases and 103 deaths. #SaferAtHomeWV https://t.co/kfsHgUMWk5 pic.twitter.com/hZYJkE1B2s
— WV DH, DHF, and DoHS (@WV_DH_DHF_DoHS) July 26, 2020
Overall cases per county include:
(Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (28/0), Berkeley (593/19), Boone (70/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke (47/1), Cabell (277/9), Calhoun (5/0), Clay (17/0), Doddridge (2/0), Fayette (117/0), Gilmer (14/0), Grant (41/1), Greenbrier (82/0), Hampshire (58/0), Hancock (81/4), Hardy (50/1), Harrison (161/1), Jackson (153/0), Jefferson (279/5), Kanawha (680/12), Lewis (24/1), Lincoln (47/2), Logan (89/0), Marion (155/4), Marshall (98/2), Mason (40/0), McDowell (14/1), Mercer (85/0), Mineral (96/2), Mingo (95/2), Monongalia (811/16), Monroe (18/1), Morgan (24/1), Nicholas (23/1), Ohio (230/0), Pendleton (27/1), Pleasants (6/1), Pocahontas (39/1), Preston (98/22), Putnam (146/1), Raleigh (130/4), Randolph (202/4), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (14/0), Summers (5/0), Taylor (39/1), Tucker (8/0), Tyler (11/0), Upshur (33/2), Wayne (174/2), Webster (3/0), Wetzel (40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (213/10), Wyoming (16/0).