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One death, 14 new cases of COVID-19 reported Wednesday

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Wednesday that 14 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 — a 65-year-old male from Kanawha County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports as of 5 p.m. on June 10, 2020, there have been 119,716 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 2,193 total cases and 85 deaths,” according to a press release.

Locally, three new cases were identified in Randolph County, according to the DHHR.

New cases were reported Wednesday in Berkeley, Hampshire, Mingo, Ohio, Putnam, Randolph and Ritchie counties.

About 601 West Virginia cases remain active, according DHHR data. Of the cases that are no longer active, 1,507 people have recovered and 85 have died, a mortality rate of about 5.3 percent.

CASES PER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (9/0), Berkeley (345/16), Boone (15/0), Braxton (2/0), Brooke (4/1), Cabell (69/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (7/0), Fayette (54/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (13/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (35/0), Hancock (18/2), Hardy (40/0), Harrison (40/1), Jackson (141/0), Jefferson (199/5), Kanawha (234/7), Lewis (8/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (20/0), Marion (51/2), Marshall (32/1), Mason (15/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral (49/2), Mingo (8/2), Monongalia (128/14), Monroe (7/1), Morgan (18/1), Nicholas (7/0), Ohio (52/0), Pendleton (11/2), Pleasants (3/1), Pocahontas (20/1), Preston (19/5), Putnam (40/1), Raleigh (17/1), Randolph (140/0), Ritchie (2/0), Roane (9/1), Summers (1/0), Taylor (8/1), Tucker (4/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (6/1), Wayne (103/0), Wetzel (9/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (51/3), Wyoming (3/0).

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