CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources added 157 confirmed COVID-19 cases to the state’s active cases Friday.
The active cases were at 2,849 as of Friday morning. The state is still leading the nation in the rate of spread at 1.48. The next closest state on the Rt list, Wisconsin, has a rate of 1.22.
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., on September 11, 2020, there have been 471,517 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 12,174 total cases and 263 deaths.https://t.co/jIHVE2eU5e pic.twitter.com/APxX6kBnsz
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) September 11, 2020
The DHHR said it confirmed six additional deaths Friday from COVID-19 bringing the total to 263. The deaths include an 86-year old female from Logan County, a 90-year old male from Kanawha County, a 93-year old male from Raleigh County, a 77-year old male from Putnam County, a 59-year old male from Fayette County, and a 79-year old male from Kanawha County.
“As we honor the lives of these West Virginians, we also remember those Americans who perished on this solemn anniversary nineteen years ago,” DHHR Secretary Bill Crouch said.
Boone County moved to the orange category on Friday’s COVID-19 county alert map. It’s rolling average of cases jumped to 13.32. Also in orange Friday were Wayne, Mingo, Logan, Kanawha, Fayette, Putnam, Monroe, Pocahontas and Calhoun counties. Monongalia County is the only county in the red.
If the current map holds for Saturday’s (5pm) official release, 31 football games scheduled for next week will be canceled.
This includes 8 ‘rescheduled’ games for Sept. 14 & 23 games scheduled for Sept. 18-19. #wvprepfb pic.twitter.com/2Cx6tbRHpr
— MetroNews HS Sports (@MetroNewsPrep) September 11, 2020
If the current map holds for Saturday’s 5 p.m. official release, 31 football games scheduled for next week will be canceled. This includes 8 ‘rescheduled’ games for Sept. 14 & 23 games scheduled for Sept. 18-19.
Overall confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday included:
Barbour (35), Berkeley (856), Boone (170), Braxton (9), Brooke (104), Cabell (620), Calhoun (21), Clay (30), Doddridge (15), Fayette (439), Gilmer (19), Grant (147), Greenbrier (114), Hampshire (93), Hancock (136), Hardy (75), Harrison (312), Jackson (224), Jefferson (398), Kanawha (1,839), Lewis (37), Lincoln (130), Logan (536), Marion (235), Marshall (139), Mason (126), McDowell (76), Mercer (357), Mineral (148), Mingo (291), Monongalia (1,581), Monroe (142), Morgan (43), Nicholas (62), Ohio (313), Pendleton (45), Pleasants (15), Pocahontas (55), Preston (143), Putnam (371), Raleigh (403), Randolph (229), Ritchie (9), Roane (38), Summers (25), Taylor (112), Tucker (15), Tyler (15), Upshur (57), Wayne (307), Webster (7), Wetzel (46), Wirt (8), Wood (329), Wyoming (73).