The West Virginia Department of Health andHuman Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 4,2020, there have been 298,290 total confirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 7,051 totalcases and 124 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a70-year old male from Preston County, a 55-year old female from Taylor County,a 68-year old female from Kanawha County, a 73-year old male from Marshall County,a 92-year old male from Grant County, a 43-year old male from Mingo County, anda 91-year old male from Wood County. Eachdeath reported is a solemn reminder of the seriousness of this disease. We sendour deepest sympathy to these families, 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 (637/24), Boone (88/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke(60/1), Cabell (341/9), Calhoun (6/0), Clay (17/1), Doddridge (4/0), Fayette(131/0), Gilmer (16/0), Grant (80/1), Greenbrier (87/0), Hampshire (74/0),Hancock (100/4), Hardy (53/1), Harrison (198/1), Jackson (158/0), Jefferson(287/5), Kanawha (835/13), Lewis (26/1), Lincoln (68/1), Logan (157/0), Marion(174/4), Marshall (126/3), Mason (50/0), McDowell (45/1), Mercer (167/0),Mineral (112/2), Mingo (142/2), Monongalia (913/16), Monroe (18/1), Morgan(25/1), Nicholas (32/1), Ohio (259/1), Pendleton (40/1), Pleasants (7/1),Pocahontas (40/1), Preston (102/23), Putnam (173/1), Raleigh (191/7), Randolph(203/3), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (14/0), Summers (6/0), Taylor (52/1), Tucker(11/0), Tyler (12/0), Upshur (36/3), Wayne (189/2), Webster (3/0), Wetzel(40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (228/12), Wyoming (23/0).

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.Such is the case of Kanawha and Marion 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-dailyupdates to one report every 24 hours. This became effective August 1, 2020.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 8-4-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources