The
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of
5:00 p.m., on May 22, 2020, there have been 82,747 total confirmatory laboratory results received
for COVID-19, with 1,705 total cases and 72 deaths.
DHHR has confirmed the death of a 54-year
old male from Lewis County. “With great sadness, we report another death as a
result of COVID-19,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “Our
condolences are extended to the family for their loss.”
In alignment with updated definitions from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the dashboard now includes probable
cases. Although a small portion of the cases to date, probable cases are
individuals that have symptoms and either serologic (antibody) or epidemiologic
(e.g., a link to a confirmed case) evidence of disease, but no confirmatory
test. Public health takes all the same
precautions for probable cases as confirmed cases, so those will now be included
on the dashboard.
CASES PER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case):
Barbour (7/0), Berkeley (256/8), Boone (9/0), Braxton (2/0), Brooke (3/0),
Cabell (57/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (2/0), Fayette (42/1), Gilmer (9/0), Grant
(6/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (13/0), Hancock (15/2), Hardy (35/0),
Harrison (38/1), Jackson (135/0), Jefferson (140/3), Kanawha (212/2), Lewis
(5/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (16/0), Marion (48/0), Marshall (27/0), Mason
(15/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral (36/2), Mingo (3/1), Monongalia
(119/1), Monroe (6/1), Morgan (17/0), Nicholas (10/0), Ohio
(38/0), Pendleton (6/1), Pleasants (3/1), Pocahontas (24/0), Preston
(15/4), Putnam (31/0), Raleigh (14/1), Randolph (28/0), Ritchie (1/0), Roane
(8/0), Summers (1/1), Taylor (8/0), Tucker (4/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (6/1),
Wayne (97/0), Wetzel (8/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (48/3), Wyoming (3/0).
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.
Implementation
of changes to the DHHR dashboard today has resulted in a one-time larger than
usual increase in cases and a one-time unusual decrease in the number of lab
tests due to changes to the dashboard and reporting of probable cases. See this
press release summarizing
the changes.
Please visit the
dashboard at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.
Additional report:
As part of Gov. Jim Justice’s
initiative to increase testing opportunities for minorities and other
vulnerable populations, the Governor’s Office, DHHR, the Herbert Henderson
Office of Minority Affairs and the WV National Guard are offering free testing
in medically underserved counties.
The second round of testing was
held today with 290 individuals tested in Cabell County; 385 in Kanawha County;
303 in Marion County; and 376 in Monongalia County. These are considered preliminary
numbers.