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A total of 15 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by testing in West Virginia on Saturday, as well as one additional death, the DHHR announced.
“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports as of 5 p.m. on April 25, 2020, there have been 33,210 laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 1,025 positive, 32,185 negative and 33 deaths,” according to a press release.
The 33rd death attributed to COVID-19 is a 67-year old male from Kanawha County, the DHHR said.
New cases were reported Saturday in Berkeley, Braxton, Gilmer, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Marion, Ohio, Putnam and Wayne counties.
A total of 791 test results were reported Saturday, with a positive rate of 1.9 percent.
CONFIRMED CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (4), Berkeley (130), Boone (2), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (38), Fayette (9), Gilmer (1), Grant (1), Greenbrier (3), Hampshire (7), Hancock (7), Hardy (3), Harrison (30), Jackson (124), Jefferson (71), Kanawha (148), Lewis (3), Lincoln (1), Logan (11), Marion (45), Marshall (9), Mason (11), McDowell (6), Mercer (9), Mineral (12), Mingo (2), Monongalia (97), Monroe (5), Morgan (9), Nicholas (6), Ohio (26), Pendleton (3), Pleasants (2), Preston (12), Putnam (17), Raleigh (8), Randolph (4), Roane (3), Summers (1), Taylor (5), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (4), Wayne (82), Wetzel (3), Wirt (3), Wood (35), Wyoming (1).
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