Although the COVID-19 update published at 10 a.m. daily by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human services has been delayed, it will likely show more than two dozen new deaths, according to Gov. Jim Justice.
Although it’s unclear exactly why the dashboard has not been updated, Justice revealed during his Monday press briefing that 27 new deaths attributed to COVID-19 have been discovered by health officials.
The announcement came just two days after West Virginia reported its highest single-day death toll with 14 deaths on Saturday. Justice said he did not know how many total deaths might be reported in Monday’s update.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the Mountain State also continues to surge, with more than 1,300 new cases reported on Saturday and Sunday alone. Both days set new records.
The DHHR announced the following deaths in a series of Tweets Monday afternoon:
- 80-year old male from Berkeley County
- 77-year old male from Boone County
- 88-year old male from Brooke County
- 93-year old female from Logan County
- 80-year old female from Fayette County
- 54-year old male from Fayette County
- 85-year old male from Harrison County
- 85-year old female from Jefferson County
- 77-year old male from Kanawha County
- 69-year old female from Kanawha County
- 69-year old female from Putnam County
- 95-year old male from Kanawha County
- 93-year old male from Kanawha County
- 81-year old male from Kanawha County
- 88-year old female from Kanawha County
- 63-year old female from Kanawha County
- 78-year old female from Kanawha County
- 73-year old male from Kanawha County
- 54-year old male from Fayette County
- 76-year old female from Raleigh County
- 78-year old female from Logan County
- 79-year old male from Putnam County
- 75-year old male from Putnam County
- 70-year old male from Putnam County
- 86-year old female from Putnam County
- 76-year old female from Putnam County
- 78-year old male from Raleigh County
- 76-year old male from Mercer County
My Buckhannon will publish our normal daily update once the DHHR dashboard is updated.
