36 new cases of COVID-19 reported in West Virginia on Friday

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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Friday that 36 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Mountain State.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports as of 5 p.m. on June 26, 2020, there have been 162,663 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 2,730 total cases and 92 deaths,” according to a press release.

New cases were reported Friday in Berkeley, Boone, Cabell, Gilmer, Hancock, Kanawha, Logan, Marshall, Mercer, Monongalia, Monroe, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Wetzel and Wood counties.

About 636 West Virginia cases remain active, according DHHR data. Of the cases that are no longer active, 2,002 people have recovered and 92 have died.

In Upshur County, the number of active cases decreased to five on Friday, according to DHHR data.

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CASES PER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (15/0), Berkeley (428/18), Boone (20/0), Braxton (3/0), Brooke (8/1), Cabell (107/3), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (10/0), Fayette (62/0), Gilmer (12/0), Grant (15/1), Greenbrier (57/0), Hampshire (40/0), Hancock (19/2), Hardy (41/1), Harrison (55/1), Jackson (142/0), Jefferson (214/5), Kanawha (280/8), Lewis (15/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (22/0), Marion (53/2), Marshall (40/1), Mason (16/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (31/0), Mineral (52/2), Mingo (13/3), Monongalia (150/14), Monroe (9/1), Morgan (19/1), Nicholas (8/0), Ohio (78/0), Pendleton (12/1), Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston (59/15), Putnam (50/1), Raleigh (46/1), Randolph (154/1), Ritchie (2/0), Roane (11/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (13/1), Tucker (6/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (13/1), Wayne (109/1), Webster (1/0), Wetzel (10/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (62/5), Wyoming (7/0).

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