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DHHR releases latest COVID-19 case numbers

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Active cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia increased slightly in numbers reported Wednesday by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.

There are at 6,635 active cases. COVID deaths are now at 4,490 after 15 deaths were added Wednesday.

The recent deaths include a 70-year old female from Mason County, a 72-year old male from Monongalia County, an 86-year old female from Cabell County, a 76-year old female from Harrison County, a 66-year old male from Lincoln County, a 72-year old female from Harrison County, a 71-year old male from Harrison County, a 40-year old male from Hancock County, an 88-year old male from Kanawha County, a 63-year old female from Cabell County, a 57-year old female from Mingo County, a 72-year old male from Wood County, a 61-year old male from Harrison County, a 66-year old male from Kanawha County, and an 83-year old female from Kanawha County.

Hospitalizations have fallen below 600 and are now at 578 patients.

Current active cases per county include: Barbour (73), Berkeley (386), Boone (129), Braxton (40), Brooke (67), Cabell (293), Calhoun (37), Clay (25), Doddridge (22), Fayette (146), Gilmer (36), Grant (65), Greenbrier (100), Hampshire (79), Hancock (126), Hardy (84), Harrison (289), Jackson (72), Jefferson (120), Kanawha (612), Lewis (58), Lincoln (138), Logan (102), Marion (279), Marshall (90), Mason (59), McDowell (61), Mercer (236), Mineral (103), Mingo (86), Monongalia (411), Monroe (35), Morgan (44), Nicholas (171), Ohio (93), Pendleton (18), Pleasants (16), Pocahontas (22), Preston (130), Putnam (319), Raleigh (293), Randolph (87), Ritchie (17), Roane (91), Summers (39), Taylor (120), Tucker (31), Tyler (11), Upshur (98), Wayne (105), Webster (44), Wetzel (52), Wirt (15), Wood (245), Wyoming (115). To find the cumulative cases per county,





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