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Active COVID-19 cases rise slightly in Friday report from DHHR

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Active cases rose once again in Friday’s COVID-19 report from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).

The agency confirmed 2,297 active cases of the coronavirus, up from 2,105 on Thursday. Active cases in West Virginia were near 1,400 last Friday.

Current active cases per county: Barbour (17), Berkeley (137), Boone (47), Braxton (27), Brooke (21), Cabell (126), Calhoun (5), Clay (8), Doddridge (1), Fayette (61), Gilmer (6), Grant (13), Greenbrier (56), Hampshire (35), Hancock (29), Hardy (11), Harrison (99), Jackson (26), Jefferson (64), Kanawha (249), Lewis (19), Lincoln (20), Logan (43), Marion (90), Marshall (36), Mason (22), McDowell (31), Mercer (82), Mineral (43), Mingo (33), Monongalia (117), Monroe (22), Morgan (8), Nicholas (27), Ohio (45), Pendleton (3), Pleasants (13), Pocahontas (4), Preston (28), Putnam (94), Raleigh (112), Randolph (19), Ritchie (10), Roane (22), Summers (16), Taylor (30), Tucker (8), Tyler (2), Upshur (42), Wayne (32), Webster (13), Wetzel (21), Wirt (3), Wood (114), Wyoming (35). To find the cumulative cases per county, please visit coronavirus.wv.gov and look on the Cumulative Summary tab which is sortable by county.

No new deaths were reported by the DHHR Friday. The death total remains at 7,064.

Hospitalizations are at 225, down seven from Thursday. Patients in the ICU are totaled at 30 and five on a ventilator.





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