CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state added 118 positive cases of COVID-19 to its official count Thursday. There have been 7,277 cases since the pandemic began.
Active cases rose by just six Thursday and now stand at 1,823. The state said 112 other residents have recovered from the virus in the past day bringing that number to 5,330.
The state’s daily positive test rate is at 2.42 percent and the rate of spread number continued to fall at .92 which is the eighth lowest in the country.
The DHHR said hospitalizations have reached their highest point yet at 123 with 47 patients in ICU and 11 on ventilators. Deaths remained at 124 in Thursday’s report.
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 6, 2020, there have been 307,255 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 7,277 total cases and 124 deaths. #SaferAtHomeWVhttps://t.co/eBSIlkojps pic.twitter.com/FV8K4GB0WK
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) August 6, 2020
Overall confirmed cases per county include:
(Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (29/0), Berkeley (647/28), Boone (95/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke (60/1), Cabell (358/9), Calhoun (6/0), Clay (17/1), Doddridge (5/0), Fayette (137/0), Gilmer (16/0), Grant (96/1), Greenbrier (88/0), Hampshire (76/0), Hancock (103/4), Hardy (56/1), Harrison (206/1), Jackson (160/0), Jefferson (288/6), Kanawha (863/13), Lewis (27/1), Lincoln (79/0), Logan (176/0), Marion (175/4), Marshall (125/3), Mason (53/0), McDowell (48/1), Mercer (174/0), Mineral (114/2), Mingo (154/2), Monongalia (913/16), Monroe (18/1), Morgan (25/1), Nicholas (34/1), Ohio (262/3), Pendleton (57/1), Pleasants (9/1), Pocahontas (40/1), Preston (101/22), Putnam (177/1), Raleigh (203/7), Randolph (203/3), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (14/0), Summers (7/0), Taylor (55/1), Tucker (11/0), Tyler (13/0), Upshur (36/3), Wayne (194/2), Webster (4/0), Wetzel (40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (230/12), Wyoming (29/0).