TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on July 17,2020, there have been 219,947 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 4,710 total cases and 100 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the death of an 84-yearold male from Cabell County. We are deeply saddened by this news, a loss toboth the family and our state, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.

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 (24/0), Berkeley (537/19), Boone(52/0), Braxton (5/0), Brooke (31/1), Cabell (205/7), Calhoun (4/0), Clay(15/0), Fayette (96/0), Gilmer (13/0), Grant (21/1), Greenbrier (74/0),Hampshire (44/0), Hancock (50/3), Hardy (48/1), Harrison (134/1), Jackson(149/0), Jefferson (261/5), Kanawha (464/12), Lewis (24/1), Lincoln (15/0),Logan (41/0), Marion (122/3), Marshall (74/1), Mason (26/0), McDowell (12/0),Mercer (67/0), Mineral (69/2), Mingo (39/2), Monongalia (643/15), Monroe(14/1), Morgan (19/1), Nicholas (19/1), Ohio (174/0), Pendleton (18/1),Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (37/1), Preston (88/21), Putnam (96/1), Raleigh(89/3), Randolph (194/2), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (12/0), Summers (2/0), Taylor(26/1), Tucker (7/0), Tyler (10/0), Upshur (31/2), Wayne (141/2), Webster(2/0), Wetzel (39/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (190/11), Wyoming (7/0).

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.

Please visit thedashboard at http://www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more detailed information.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 7-17-2020 - 10 AM - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources