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West Virginia reports a record number of new COVID-19 cases Saturday as the virus claims the life of a 101-year-old resident

Brian Bergstrom
December 12, 2020

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Saturday that 1,514 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Mountain State, a new record singe-day increase.

More than 60 new cases were reported locally in Upshur (13), Barbour (6), Lewis (14), Randolph (25) and Webster (4) counties.

A total of 84 cases are currently active in Upshur County, according to the DHHR. Saturday’s update:

Added one confirmed case to Dec. 8
Removed one probable and added one confirmed case to Dec. 9
Removed one probable case from Dec. 10
Added five probable and seven confirmed cases to Dec. 11

Twenty-eight additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR:

82-year old female from Cabell County
95-year old male from Putnam County
77-year old male from Greenbrier County
75-year old female from McDowell County
95-year old female from Mason County
61-year old female from Mason County
66-year old female from Mineral County
101-year old female from Mineral County
a 96-year old male from Mineral County
98-year old female from Mineral County
79-year old male from Mingo County
64-year old male from Wood County
67-year old male from Mineral County
82-year old male from Cabell County
75-year old female from Grant County
61-year old female from Putnam County
90-year old female from Marshall County
91-year old male from Boone County
77-year old male from Putnam County
93-year old male from Kanawha County
82-year old male from Brooke County
81-year old female from Wood County
76-year old female from Ritchie County
86-year old female from Lincoln County
85-year old male from Cabell County
80-year old male from Grant County
91-year old male from Kanawha County
89-year old male from Logan County.

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of December 12, 2020, there have been 1,299,265 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 62,151 total cases and 966 deaths.

About 20,323 West Virginia cases remain active, according DHHR data. Of the cases that are no longer active, 40,862 people have recovered and 966 have died. The daily percent positive was 6.27%.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (547), Berkeley (4,377), Boone (791), Braxton (165), Brooke (961), Cabell (3,845), Calhoun (101), Clay (190), Doddridge (163), Fayette (1,352), Gilmer (244), Grant (572), Greenbrier (836), Hampshire (583), Hancock (1,235), Hardy (493), Harrison (1,920), Jackson (857), Jefferson (1,793), Kanawha (6,886), Lewis (330), Lincoln (531), Logan (1,205), Marion (1,198), Marshall (1,625), Mason (768), McDowell (731), Mercer (1,732), Mineral (1,808), Mingo (1,112), Monongalia (3,995), Monroe (461), Morgan (439), Nicholas (492), Ohio (1,965), Pendleton (165), Pleasants (168), Pocahontas (292), Preston (1,016), Putnam (2,436), Raleigh (1,995), Randolph (892), Ritchie (240), Roane (233), Summers (322), Taylor (470), Tucker (238), Tyler (222), Upshur (618), Wayne (1,312), Webster (105), Wetzel (513), Wirt (156), Wood (3,513), Wyoming (942).