The West Virginia Department of Health and Human
Resources (DHHR) reports as of 5:00 p.m., on April 14,
2020, there have been 17,224 laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 694
positive, 16,530 negative and 10 deaths.
The tenth COVID-19 associated death
is a 62-year old male from Marion County. “Our
hearts go out to the families who have suffered a loss due to COVID-19,” said
Bill J. Crouch, Cabinet Secretary of DHHR.
These
are considered official numbers reported to the state, which will in turn, be reported
to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Medical providers
and laboratories are required to report positive test results to DHHR.
Delays
may be experienced with the reporting of cases and deaths from the local health
department to the state health department. It’s not uncommon for the local level
to report case numbers first and then officially report it to the state.
CONFIRMED
CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour
(4), Berkeley (99), Boone (1), Braxton (1), Brooke (3), Cabell (29), Fayette
(2), Grant (1), Greenbrier (3), Hampshire (7), Hancock (7), Hardy (2), Harrison
(28), Jackson (31), Jefferson (54), Kanawha (86), Lewis (2), Lincoln (1), Logan
(8), Marion (39), Marshall (7), Mason (9), McDowell (6), Mercer (8), Mineral
(5), Mingo (1), Monongalia (82), Monroe (1), Morgan (6), Nicholas (3), Ohio
(22), Pendleton (1), Pleasants (1), Preston (6), Putnam (13), Raleigh (6),
Randolph (4), Roane (2), Summers (1), Taylor (4), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur
(3), Wayne (60), Wetzel (3), Wirt (2), Wood (22), Wyoming (1).
As
case surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may reveal
that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or
even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state border
to be tested. Such is the case of Mason
and Ohio counties in this report, as well as Wayne County as some of the employees
who tested positive from the Wayne Co. nursing home live out of state.
A dashboard is available at www.coronavirus.wv.gov with
West Virginia-specific data, including new information
on the health status of COVID-19 positive patients and other information. A
Frequently Asked Questions document has been developed regarding case counts
and can be found here.
The number of
laboratory results received refers to the number of tests performed and
completed, not the number of residents tested as some individuals have had
multiple samples taken for COVID-19 tests.