CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 74th West Virginian has died in connection to the coronavirus pandemic.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources identified the person as a 75-year-old man from Preston County in its Tuesday evening report.
According to the department, 1,854 tests have come back positive since recording tests began. Nearly 88,000 tests have been noted by state officials. The daily rate of positive cases is 7.11% compared to a cumulate 2.11% rate.
The number of cases per county as of Tuesday evening (cases confirmed/probable cases):
Barbour (9/0), Berkeley (280/10), Boone (9/0), Braxton (2/0), Brooke (3/0), Cabell (57/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (2/0), Fayette (46/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (10/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (21/0), Hancock (16/2), Hardy (38/0), Harrison (39/1), Jackson (135/0), Jefferson (158/3), Kanawha (213/2), Lewis (5/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (16/0), Marion (50/0), Marshall (28/0), Mason (15/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral (38/2), Mingo (4/1), Monongalia (121/7), Monroe (6/1), Morgan (17/1), Nicholas (10/0), Ohio (40/0), Pendleton (8/1), Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston (17/5), Putnam (33/0), Raleigh (15/1), Randolph (82/0), Ritchie (1/0), Roane (8/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (8/0), Tucker (4/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (6/1), Wayne (97/0), Wetzel (8/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (50/3) and Wyoming (3/0).
The department also announced Tuesday additional testing opportunities for Friday and Saturday. The West Virginia National Guard, Department of Health and Human Resources and the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs held testing sites last week as part of the state’s effort to encourage testing in minority and vulnerable communities:
— Berkeley County: Musselman High School, 126 Excellence Way, Inwood, WV 25428
— Jefferson County: Hollywood Casino, 750 Hollywood Drive, Charles Town, WV 25414
— Kanawha County: Shawnee Sports Complex, One Salango Way, Dunbar, WV 25064
— Mineral County: American Legion Piedmont, 10 Green Street, Piedmont, WV 26750 (Friday); School Complex, 1123 Harley O. Staggers Senior Drive, Keyser, WV 26726 (Saturday)
— Morgan County: Warm Springs Middle School, 271 Warm Springs Way, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411
Identification is required, and minors must be accompanied by a legal guardian.