A third Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care resident with a confirmed case of COVID-19 died Friday morning at the health care facility.
The resident was a woman in her 80s, said Donna Tennant, Sundale’s admissions and marketing director.
There are five confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the state, excluding the most recent death at Sundale. Half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths were residents of Sundale.
The 20 positive COVID-19 residents tested this week will be retested next week. Nine staff members who have tested positive twice for the novel coronavirus will be retested as well.
Friday’s death may not be reflected in numbers confirmed by the Monongalia County Health Department or the state Department of Health and Human Services, as that process sometimes takes a day or two.
According to West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Monongalia County has 78 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus as of late Friday afternoon, the second most in the state, according to West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Berkley County has 89 confirmed cases and Kanawha County has 82 confirmed cases. Neighboring Preston County has six confirmed cases.
Monongalia County Health Department reports 83 cases in Mon. There is sometimes a lag before county results are reported at the state level.
West Virginia, as a whole, has 577 confirmed cases out of 15,452 people tested for an infection rate of 3.73%.
