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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday that 11 new cases of COVID-19 had been identified in West Virginia.
One additional death has been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR — a 74-year old male from Mineral County.
“On this Memorial Day, we remember the service of those veterans who have passed away, as well as the 73 West Virginians we have recently lost due to COVID-19,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary, in a press release.
New cases were reported Monday in Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Kanawha, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston, Raleigh and Wood counties.
“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 5 p.m. on May 25, 2020, there have been 86,872 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 1,782 total cases and 73 deaths,” according to the release.
CASES PER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (7/0), Berkeley (277/10), Boone (9/0), Braxton (2/0), Brooke (3/0), Cabell (57/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (2/0), Fayette (45/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (10/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (21/0), Hancock (16/2), Hardy (37/0), Harrison (38/1), Jackson (135/0), Jefferson (154/3), Kanawha (210/2), Lewis (5/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (16/0), Marion (50/0), Marshall (27/0), Mason (16/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral (36/2), Mingo (4/1), Monongalia (121/1), Monroe (6/1), Morgan (17/1), Nicholas (10/0), Ohio (40/0), Pendleton (8/1), Pleasants (3/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston (17/5), Putnam (32/0), Raleigh (15/1), Randolph (36/0), Ritchie (1/0), Roane (8/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (8/0), Tucker (4/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (6/1), Wayne (97/0), Wetzel (8/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (49/3), Wyoming (3/0).
