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CHARLESTON One person was confirmed as a death from the COVID-19 coronavirus Thursday morning, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said.
The department confirmed the death of a 69-year-old man from Harrison County. The death count since the virus began last year was at 2,674 people in West Virginia, the state said.
The state reported 432 new virus cases in the 24-hour period from Wednesday to Thursday mornings. Active cases totaled 7,153, up from the 7,081 active cases on Wednesday.
Active cases in local counties (previous day) are: Calhoun, 16 (15); Doddridge, 21 (15); Gilmer, 20 (9); Jackson, 68 (65); Pleasants, 23 (23); Ritchie, 18 (17); Roane, 22 (22); Tyler, 21 (19); Wetzel, 122 (114); Wirt, 11 (10); Wood, 108 (106).
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Staff Report
CHARLESTON Two deaths from the virus were reported Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, a 73-year-old woman from Ohio County and a 77-year-old woman from Wyoming County, the department said.
The total number of deaths in West Virginia stands at 2,747, the state said in its Tuesday morning update on the pandemic.
New active cases of the virus were 328 in the 24-hour period from Monday to Tuesday, an increase from the 293 new cases from Sunday to Monday morning, but lower than 455 from Friday to Saturday morning and 415 from Saturday to Sunday morning.
Total active cases as of Tuesday morning were 7,347, a drop of 123 from the 7,470 on Monday. Active cases, reported Saturday morning at 7,206, are at their highest since the end of February and have been increasing since around mid-March.