COVID-19 Daily Update 7-24-20 – 5 PM – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 5:00 p.m., on July 24,2020, there have been 253,040 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 5,695 total cases and 103 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 (28/0), Berkeley (585/19), Boone (69/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke(42/1), Cabell (248/9), Calhoun (5/0), Clay (17/0), Fayette (111/0), Gilmer(14/0), Grant (37/1), Greenbrier (81/0), Hampshire (55/0), Hancock (80/4),Hardy (49/1), Harrison (152/1), Jackson (153/0), Jefferson (273/5), Kanawha (641/12),Lewis (24/1), Lincoln (36/2), Logan (66/0), Marion (148/4), Marshall (94/1),Mason (38/0), McDowell (13/1), Mercer (79/0), Mineral (87/2), Mingo (79/2),Monongalia (797/15), Monroe (17/1), Morgan (24/1), Nicholas (22/1), Ohio(217/0), Pendleton (27/1), Pleasants (6/1), Pocahontas (39/1), Preston (94/21),Putnam (132/1), Raleigh (119/4), Randolph (201/4), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (12/0),Summers (4/0), Taylor (37/1), Tucker (8/0), Tyler (11/0), Upshur (33/2), Wayne(173/2), Webster (3/0), Wetzel (41/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (209/11), Wyoming(15/0).

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 thecase of Greenbrier, Lincoln, Monroe and Upshur counties in this report.

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.

Additional report:

To increase COVID-19 testing opportunities, the Governor's Office,the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs, WV Department of Health andHuman Resources, WV National Guard, local health departments, and communitypartners today provided free COVID-19 testing for residents in counties withhigh minority populations and evidence of COVID-19 transmission.

Todays testing resulted in 250 individuals tested in BrookeCounty. Please note these are considered preliminary numbers.

Testing will be held tomorrow in Brooke and Logan counties inthese locations.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 7-24-20 - 5 PM - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources