52 new cases of COVID-19, one additional death reported in West Virginia on Saturday

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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Saturday that 52 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Mountain State.

One additional death has been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – an 82-year old male from Greenbrier County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports as of 5 p.m. on June 27, 2020, there have been 165,110 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 2,782 total cases and 93 deaths,” according to a press release.

New cases were reported Saturday in Berkeley, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Ohio, Preston, Taylor, Tyler and Wood counties.

About 633 West Virginia cases remain active, according DHHR data. Of the cases that are no longer active, 2,056 people have recovered and 93 have died.

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CASES PER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (15/0), Berkeley (431/18), Boone (20/0), Braxton (3/0), Brooke (8/1), Cabell (113/3), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (10/0), Fayette (64/0), Gilmer (12/0), Grant (15/1), Greenbrier (58/0), Hampshire (40/0), Hancock (19/3), Hardy (42/1), Harrison (59/1), Jackson (142/0), Jefferson (217/5), Kanawha (284/8), Lewis (16/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (22/0), Marion (54/2), Marshall (42/1), Mason (16/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (33/0), Mineral (53/2), Mingo (14/3), Monongalia (152/14), Monroe (10/1), Morgan (19/1), Nicholas (8/0), Ohio (84/0), Pendleton (12/1), Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston (60/14), Putnam (50/1), Raleigh (46/1), Randolph (154/1), Ritchie (2/0), Roane (11/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (15/1), Tucker (6/0), Tyler (4/0), Upshur (13/1), Wayne (109/1), Webster (1/0), Wetzel (10/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (69/5), Wyoming (7/0).

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