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COVID-19 death toll passes 900 in West Virginia with another record single-day increase Wednesday

Brian Bergstrom
December 9, 2020

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Wednesday that 1,402 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Mountain State.

Thirty-one additional West Virginians died from the virus, the DHHR said, a record single-day increase that pushed the total deaths to 901.

Locally, new cases were reported in Upshur (8), Barbour (4), Lewis (8), Randolph (29) and Webster (5) counties.

A total of 81 cases are currently active in Upshur County, according to the DHHR, the lowest level in the last seven days. Wednesday’s update:

Removed two probable cases and added one confirmed case to Dec. 2
Added one probable case to Dec. 5
Removed one probable case from Dec. 6
Removed four probable cases and one confirmed case from Dec. 7
Added five probable and seven confirmed cases to Dec. 8

The deaths reported statewide Wednesday include:

83-year old male from Wayne County
87-year old female from Berkeley County
76-year old male from Berkeley County
70-year old male from Berkeley County
81-year old male from Wyoming County
79-year old female from Mineral County
54-year old male from Mineral County
64-year old male from Mineral County
83-year old female from Mineral County
94-year old female from Mineral County
64-year old female from Mineral County
76-year old male from Kanawha County
59-year old female from Ohio County
89-year old male from Ohio County
85-year old male from Ohio County
90-year old male from Kanawha County
74-year old female from Marshall County
71-year old female from Berkeley County
49-year old male from Mercer County
87-year old female from Gilmer County
89-year old female from Putnam County
80-year old male from Putnam County
72-year old male from Wood County
59-year old male from Wood County
88-year old male from Hancock County
73-year old male from Hardy County
90-year old female from Mercer County
65-year old male from Mercer County
88-year old male from Mercer County
74-year old female from Ritchie County
78-year old male from Wood County

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports as of December 9, 2020, there have been 1,250,368 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 58,462 total cases and 901 deaths,” according to a press release.

About 20,059 West Virginia cases remain active, according DHHR data. Of the cases that are no longer active, 37,502 people have recovered and 901 have died. The daily percent positive was 6.59%.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (540), Berkeley (4,122), Boone (753), Braxton (154), Brooke (891), Cabell (3,581), Calhoun (92), Clay (170), Doddridge (152), Fayette (1,284), Gilmer (228), Grant (520), Greenbrier (721), Hampshire (516), Hancock (1,085), Hardy (441), Harrison (1,794), Jackson (834), Jefferson (1,677), Kanawha (6,599), Lewis (298), Lincoln (507), Logan (1,169), Marion (1,127), Marshall (1,570), Mason (705), McDowell (700), Mercer (1,617), Mineral (1,733), Mingo (1,075), Monongalia (3,796), Monroe (438), Morgan (387), Nicholas (455), Ohio (1,873), Pendleton (147), Pleasants (139), Pocahontas (281), Preston (903), Putnam (2,353), Raleigh (1,894), Randolph (837), Ritchie (219), Roane (223), Summers (307), Taylor (447), Tucker (207), Tyler (194), Upshur (587), Wayne (1,238), Webster (94), Wetzel (489), Wirt (144), Wood (3,248), Wyoming (907).