The West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of December 16, 2020, there have been 1,339,101
total confirmatory
laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 66,849 total cases and 1,039
deaths.
DHHR
has confirmed the deaths of a 53-year old female from Cabell County, a 92-year old female from
Wyoming County, a 76-year old male from Brooke County, a 76-year old female
from Lewis County, a 79-year old male from Hardy County, an 82-year old male
from Greenbrier County, a 76-year old male from Brooke County, an 81-year old female
from Ohio County, a 69-year old male from Ohio County, an 83-year old male from
Hancock County, a 75-year old male from Mercer County, a 62-year old male from
Marshall County, a 79-year old male from Wetzel County, a 73-year old male from
Wetzel County, an 87-year old male from Morgan County, a 92-year old female
from Marion County, a 66-year old female from Greenbrier County, an 85-year old
female from Wood County, a 90-year old male from Pocahontas County, a 73-year
old female from Marshall County, an 88-year old female from Marshall County, an
84-year old female from Cabell County, a 73-year old male from Kanawha County,
an 82-year old male from Putnam County, a 64-year old male from Kanawha County,
an 83-year old female from Berkeley County, and a 68-year old male from Kanawha
County.
“It never gets easier to announce the amount
of COVID-19 cases or all the people we have lost,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR
Cabinet Secretary. “This pandemic has affected all West Virginians. Our hearts
go out to those who have lost loved ones and to every person who has been
affected by COVID-19.”
CASES
PER COUNTY: Barbour (575), Berkeley (4,745),
Boone (841), Braxton (187), Brooke (1,069), Cabell (4,134), Calhoun (112), Clay
(211), Doddridge (178), Fayette (1,407), Gilmer (258), Grant (606), Greenbrier
(963), Hampshire (682), Hancock (1,378), Hardy (553), Harrison (2,123), Jackson
(941), Jefferson (1,914), Kanawha (7,282), Lewis (359), Lincoln (578), Logan
(1,261), Marion (1,310), Marshall (1,711), Mason (836), McDowell (755), Mercer
(1,935), Mineral (1,900), Mingo (1,151), Monongalia (4,319), Monroe (491),
Morgan (482), Nicholas (521), Ohio (2,067), Pendleton (193), Pleasants (219),
Pocahontas (303), Preston (1,147), Putnam (2,528), Raleigh (2,166), Randolph
(947), Ritchie (265), Roane (244), Summers (334), Taylor (516), Tucker (244),
Tyler (250), Upshur (661), Wayne (1,391), Webster (111), Wetzel (541), Wirt
(164), Wood (3,813), Wyoming (977).
Please note that delays
may be experienced with the reporting of information from the local health
department to DHHR. 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 Webster County in this report.
Please visit the dashboard located at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.
Free COVID-19 testing daily events scheduled for
today, Wednesday, December 16, 2020:
Berkeley
County
Hardy
County
Harrison
County
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM,
Harrison-Clarksburg Health Department, 330 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV (by appointment; 304-623-9308 and pre-registration:
https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)
Logan
County
Marshall County
Mason County
Mingo County
10:00 AM – 1:30 PM, Hurley Drug Company, 210 Logan Street, Williamson, WV
Ohio
County
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department, 355
Fire House Lane, Valley Grove, WV (pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Warwood Fire Station #9, 1301 Richland Avenue,
Wheeling, WV (pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Wheeling Island Fire Station #5, 11 North
Wabash Street, Wheeling, WV (pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)
Taylor County
Wayne County
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Wayne County Health Department, 217 Kenova Avenue,
Wayne, WV
Wirt County
Additional testing will be
held on Thursday, December 17, 2020 in Berkeley, Boone, Hampshire, Hardy,
Jackson, Mingo, Ohio, Putnam, Taylor, and Wayne counties.
There are many ways to obtain free COVID-19 testing in West
Virginia. Please visit https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx.