117 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths reported in West Virginia on Monday

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday that 117 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Mountain State.

Two additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – an 80-year old female from Kanawha County and a 75-year old male from Kanawha County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports as of 10 a.m., September 21, 2020, there have been 519,175 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 14,171 total cases and 312 deaths,” according to a press release.

New cases were reported Monday in Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Gilmer, Hardy, Harrison, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mercer, Mingo, Monongalia, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Summers and Wayne counties.

About 3,544 West Virginia cases remain active, according DHHR data. Of the cases that are no longer active, 10,315 people have recovered and 312 have died. The daily percent positive was 2.03%.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (46), Berkeley (947), Boone (198), Braxton (10), Brooke (107), Cabell (724), Calhoun (24), Clay (34), Doddridge (18), Fayette (569), Gilmer (29), Grant (152), Greenbrier (120), Hampshire (100), Hancock (141), Hardy (82), Harrison (341), Jackson (247), Jefferson (419), Kanawha (2317), Lewis (38), Lincoln (156), Logan (582), Marion (255), Marshall (159), Mason (136), McDowell (80), Mercer (401), Mineral (164), Mingo (356), Monongalia (1902), Monroe (148), Morgan (52), Nicholas (88), Ohio (356), Pendleton (52), Pleasants (17), Pocahontas (59), Preston (149), Putnam (509), Raleigh (473), Randolph (236), Ritchie (10), Roane (49), Summers (42), Taylor (116), Tucker (15), Tyler (15), Upshur (60), Wayne (356), Webster (7), Wetzel (49), Wirt (10), Wood (348), Wyoming (101).

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