The West Virginia Department of Health andHuman Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 10,2020, there have been 326,886 total confirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 7,754 totalcases and 141 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an83-year old male from Kanawha County and a 74-year old male from Logan County. Wemourn with all families suffering the loss of loved ones due to COVID-19, saidBill 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 (29/0), Berkeley (671/27), Boone(101/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke (63/1), Cabell (395/9), Calhoun (6/0), Clay(18/0), Doddridge (6/0), Fayette (151/0), Gilmer (17/0), Grant (120/1),Greenbrier (93/0), Hampshire (76/0), Hancock (108/4), Hardy (60/1), Harrison(223/3), Jackson (165/0), Jefferson (289/7), Kanawha (925/13), Lewis (28/1),Lincoln (87/0), Logan (234/0), Marion (187/4), Marshall (126/4), Mason (56/0),McDowell (63/1), Mercer (200/0), Mineral (121/2), Mingo (171/2), Monongalia(928/17), Monroe (20/1), Morgan (28/1), Nicholas (36/1), Ohio (266/3), Pendleton(40/1), Pleasants (11/1), Pocahontas (40/1), Preston (104/21), Putnam (194/1),Raleigh (248/7), Randolph (205/5), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (15/0), Summers (12/0),Taylor (55/1), Tucker (10/0), Tyler (13/0), Upshur (37/3), Wayne (208/2),Webster (4/0), Wetzel (43/0), Wirt (7/0), Wood (238/12), Wyoming (34/0).

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. Suchis the case of Marshall and Pleasants counties in this report.

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-daily updatesto one report every 24 hours. This becameeffective August 1, 2020.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 8-10-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources