CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The positive test rate fell to 1.96 percent in coronavirus numbers released by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.
There have now been 1,491 confirmed cases in West Virginia since early March following 76,035 tests. The testing numbers have significantly increased in recent weeks but there have ben few positive cases returned. The number of deaths connected to COVID-19 remains at 67.
Confirmed cases per county include:
Barbour (7), Berkeley (210), Boone (9), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (56), Calhoun (2), Clay (2), Fayette (38), Gilmer (8), Grant (6), Greenbrier (9), Hampshire (12), Hancock (12), Hardy (25), Harrison (35), Jackson (136), Jefferson (100), Kanawha (205), Lewis (5), Lincoln (5), Logan (15), Marion (48), Marshall (24), Mason (15), McDowell (6), Mercer (12), Mineral (29), Mingo (4), Monongalia (116), Monroe (6), Morgan (17), Nicholas (9), Ohio (38), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (8), Preston (15), Putnam (29), Raleigh (11), Randolph (7), Ritchie (1), Roane (9), Summers (1), Taylor (8), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (6), Wayne (96), Wetzel (7), Wirt (3), Wood (48), Wyoming (2).
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., on May 18, 2020, there have been 76,035 laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 1,491 positive, 74,544 negative and 67 deaths. #SaferAtHomeWVhttps://t.co/j7VGzxkRQX pic.twitter.com/6nxOJEnZVA
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 18, 2020