CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported an additional COVID-19 death Sunday morning.
In its daily report, the DHHR said a 79-year old male from Kanawha County died due to the virus, bringing the total number of deaths to 117. There have been 14 deaths reported in the past week.
“We join with the family in grieving the passing of this gentleman,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary in a release.
119 new COVID-19 cases were added to the state total now sitting at 6,854, which is 2.35 percent of the roughly 291,000 tests that have been given.
The DHHR listed the daily positive test rate at 3.00 percent.
Cases per county (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (29/0), Berkeley (633/22), Boone (77/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke (61/1), Cabell (319/9), Calhoun (6/0), Clay (17/0), Doddridge (4/0), Fayette (129/0), Gilmer (16/0), Grant (76/1), Greenbrier (87/0), Hampshire (74/0), Hancock (95/4), Hardy (53/1), Harrison (192/1), Jackson (157/0), Jefferson (284/5), Kanawha (809/13), Lewis (26/1), Lincoln (67/1), Logan (148/0), Marion (172/4), Marshall (123/2), Mason (46/0), McDowell (36/1), Mercer (164/0), Mineral (108/2), Mingo (125/2), Monongalia (900/16), Monroe (18/1), Morgan (25/1), Nicholas (30/1), Ohio (252/0), Pendleton (36/1), Pleasants (7/1), Pocahontas (40/1), Preston (100/23), Putnam (166/1), Raleigh (183/6), Randolph (204/3), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (14/0), Summers (6/0), Taylor (52/1), Tucker (10/0), Tyler (12/0), Upshur (36/2), Wayne (182/2), Webster (3/0), Wetzel (40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (224/11), Wyoming (23/0).
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 2, 2020, there have been 291,071 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 6,854 total cases and 117 deaths. #SaferAtHomeWVhttps://t.co/YckjjjqFKO pic.twitter.com/T91baAv7kX
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) August 2, 2020