The West Virginia Department of Health andHuman Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 5,2020, there have been 302,443 total confirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 7,159 totalcases and 124 deaths.

In alignment with updated definitions fromthe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the dashboard includes probablecases which are individuals that have symptoms and either serologic (antibody)or epidemiologic (e.g., a link to a confirmed case) evidence of disease, but noconfirmatory test.

CASESPER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case):Barbour (30/0), Berkeley (643/27), Boone (92/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke(60/1), Cabell (353/9), Calhoun (6/0), Clay (17/1), Doddridge (4/0), Fayette(134/0), Gilmer (16/0), Grant (88/1), Greenbrier (88/0), Hampshire (75/0),Hancock (102/4), Hardy (53/1), Harrison (203/1), Jackson (158/0), Jefferson(287/5), Kanawha (843/13), Lewis (27/1), Lincoln (75/0), Logan (162/0), Marion(175/4), Marshall (126/3), Mason (51/0), McDowell (47/1), Mercer (173/0),Mineral (114/2), Mingo (151/2), Monongalia (913/16), Monroe (18/1), Morgan(25/1), Nicholas (32/1), Ohio (262/1), Pendleton (41/1), Pleasants (8/1),Pocahontas (40/1), Preston (102/23), Putnam (173/1), Raleigh (200/7), Randolph(203/3), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (14/0), Summers (7/0), Taylor (54/1), Tucker(11/0), Tyler (12/0), Upshur (36/3), Wayne (192/2), Webster (3/0), Wetzel(40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (228/12), Wyoming (24/0).

As case surveillance continues at thelocal health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certaincounty may not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individualin question may have crossed the state border to be tested.

Pleasenote that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from thelocal health department to DHHR. Visitthe dashboard at http://www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more detailed information.

On July 24,2020, Gov. Jim Justice announced that DHHR, the agency in charge of reportingthe number of COVID-19 cases, will transition from providing twice-dailyupdates to one report every 24 hours. This became effective August 1, 2020.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 8-5-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources