It has been a difficult day for West Virginia, as COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 11 more residents. On Tuesday, November 3, the W.Va. Department of Health and Human Resources has confirmed the deaths of an 86-year old Wood County man, an 89-year old Wood County man, a 62-year old Harrison County man, an 81-year old Barbour County man, a 63-year old Wetzel County woman, a 91-year old Randolph County woman, an 83-year old Cabell County woman, an 81-year old Jefferson County man, an 80-year old Jefferson County woman, a 76-year old Jefferson County woman and a 79-year old Jefferson County man. The death toll related to complications of COVID-19 is now 469.
5,490 laboratory tests were conducted statewide on Monday, November 2, lowering West Virginia’s seven-day total to 8,068. The state has now performed a total of 798,261 coronavirus tests, and 358 new cases have been identified within the last 24 hours. The daily positivity-rate is 3.99%, and the cumulative positivity-rate is up to 2.96%. 271 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. 83 of those infected are being cared for in the ICU, while 35 are being assisted with ventilators. Of the 25,593 total cases identified since the onset of the pandemic, 5,507 remain active, while 19,617 of those infected have recovered.
Monroe County is beginning to see a modest decline in infection rate. While 35.51% is still extremely worrisome, it is considerably lower than the county’s seven-day high of 43.05%. And at 4.27%, Monroe County’s percent positive has also decreased nearly 1.5% since last week. Greenbrier County’s infection rate has decreased, as well. At 9.48%, the rate is almost 4% below its seven-day high. Greenbrier County’s percent positive remains stable at 1.81%. The story is similar in Pocahontas County; their infection rate is 8.66% and percent positive is 2.33%. Neither category has experienced much fluctuation is the last seven-days.
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