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DHHR: Barbour County man, 54, dies of COVID-19 as total deaths hit 2,800 in West Virginia

Brian Bergstrom
June 2, 2021

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Wednesday that 4,329 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 221 since the last report.

Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (49), Barbour (19), Lewis (26), Randolph (235) and Webster (39) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of one active case in the last 24 hours.

Three additional deaths have been attributed to the disease in the last 24 hours, according to the DHHR – a 79-year old female from Jefferson County, a 54-year old male from Barbour County, and a 65-year old female from Mingo County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of June 2, 2021, there have been 2,926,850 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 161,967 total cases and 2,800 deaths,” according to a press release.

The daily percent positive was 3.46%.

A total of 739,202 people have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, meaning they have received both doses of the vaccine, the DHHR said. That’s about 41% of the state.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (1,498), Berkeley (12,709), Boone (2,171), Braxton (977), Brooke (2,228), Cabell (8,812), Calhoun (371), Clay (539), Doddridge (626), Fayette (3,519), Gilmer (874), Grant (1,294), Greenbrier (2,861), Hampshire (1,909), Hancock (2,837), Hardy (1,553), Harrison (6,035), Jackson (2,208), Jefferson (4,759), Kanawha (15,342), Lewis (1,267), Lincoln (1,555), Logan (3,224), Marion (4,570), Marshall (3,519), Mason (2,037), McDowell (1,597), Mercer (5,068), Mineral (2,933), Mingo (2,692), Monongalia (9,349), Monroe (1,183), Morgan (1,223), Nicholas (1,858), Ohio (4,285), Pendleton (713), Pleasants (955), Pocahontas (679), Preston (2,934), Putnam (5,288), Raleigh (6,976), Randolph (2,782), Ritchie (751), Roane (651), Summers (840), Taylor (1,254), Tucker (544), Tyler (737), Upshur (1,935), Wayne (3,167), Webster (531), Wetzel (1,378), Wirt (448), Wood (7,895), Wyoming (2,027).