The
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 5:00
p.m., on May 23, 2020, there have been 84,677 total confirmatory laboratory results received
for COVID-19, with 1,729 total cases and 72 deaths.
In alignment with updated definitions from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the dashboard now includes
probable cases which 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.
CASES PER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case):
Barbour (7/0), Berkeley (260/10), Boone (9/0), Braxton (2/0), Brooke (3/0),
Cabell (57/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (2/0), Fayette (43/1), Gilmer (9/0), Grant
(8/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (15/0), Hancock (16/2), Hardy (36/0),
Harrison (38/1), Jackson (135/0), Jefferson (143/3), Kanawha (208/2), Lewis
(5/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (16/0), Marion (48/0), Marshall (27/0), Mason
(16/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral (36/2), Mingo (4/1), Monongalia
(120/1), Monroe (6/1), Morgan (17/0), Nicholas (10/0), Ohio
(38/0), Pendleton (8/1), Pleasants (3/1), Pocahontas (23/0), Preston
(15/4), Putnam (31/0), Raleigh (14/1), Randolph (36/0), 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.
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 and partners offered free
testing in medically underserved counties May 22 and 23, 2020.
Preliminary figures from the two-day testing
events indicate there were 640 individuals tested in Cabell County; 837 in
Kanawha County; 576 in Marion County; and 1,013 in Monongalia County.