The West Virginia Department of Health andHuman Resources (DHHR)reports as of 5:00 p.m., on July 17, 2020, there have been 222,427 totalconfirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 4,783 totalcases and 100 deaths.

Inalignment with updated definitions from the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, the dashboard includes probable cases which are individuals that havesymptoms and either serologic (antibody) or epidemiologic (e.g., a link to aconfirmed case) evidence of disease, but no confirmatory test.

CASESPER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case):Barbour (24/0), Berkeley (539/19), Boone(53/0), Braxton (6/0), Brooke (35/1), Cabell (207/7), Calhoun (4/0), Clay(15/0), Fayette (98/0), Gilmer (13/0), Grant (21/1), Greenbrier (76/0),Hampshire (46/0), Hancock (51/3), Hardy (48/1), Harrison (133/1), Jackson(149/0), Jefferson (262/5), Kanawha (472/12), Lewis (24/1), Lincoln (19/0),Logan (42/0), Marion (124/3), Marshall (77/1), Mason (26/0), McDowell (12/0),Mercer (68/0), Mineral (69/2), Mingo (48/2), Monongalia (654/15), Monroe(14/1), Morgan (19/1), Nicholas (19/1), Ohio (173/0), Pendleton (18/1),Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (37/1), Preston (90/24), Putnam (99/1), Raleigh(92/3), Randolph (196/2), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (12/0), Summers (2/0), Taylor(26/1), Tucker (7/0), Tyler (10/0), Upshur (31/2), Wayne (144/2), Webster(2/0), Wetzel (40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (192/10), Wyoming (7/0).

Ascase surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may revealthat those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, oreven the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state borderto be tested. Such is the case of Harrison and Ohiocounties in this report.

Please note that delays may be experiencedwith the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR.

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

Additional report:

To increaseCOVID-19 testing opportunities, the Governor's Office, the Herbert HendersonOffice of Minority Affairs, WV Department of Health and Human Resources, WVNational Guard, local health departments, and community partners today providedfree COVID-19 testing for residents in counties with high minority populationsand evidence of COVID-19 transmission.

Todays testing resulted in 914 individuals tested: 279 inBerkeley County; 416 in Jefferson County; and 219 in Mercer County. Please notethese are considered preliminary numbers.

Testingwill be held tomorrow in Berkeley, Jefferson and Monongalia counties in these locations.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 7-17-2020 - 5 PM - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources