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BLUEFIELD â Three more deaths related to COVID-19 were reported Wednesday in the region while numbers of confirmed virus cases continued to increase.
Two more COVID-19 related deaths were reported Wednesday morning by the Virginia Department of Health for Tazewell County, which brings the countyâs coronavirus death toll to date to 19. In Virginia, health officials do not release the age or gender of those who have died of COVID-19.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) also confirmed the COVID-19 related death of a 79-year-old male in Mercer County. That brought Mercer Countyâs coronavirus death toll to date to 52.