The
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR)
reports as of 5:00 p.m., on May 26, 2020, there have been 87,811 total confirmatory
laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 1,854 total cases and 74 deaths.
The
death of a 75-year old male from Preston County has been confirmed. “Our
sincere condolences are extended to this gentleman’s family,” said Bill J.
Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.
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 (9/0), Berkeley (280/10), Boone (9/0), Braxton (2/0), Brooke (3/0),
Cabell (57/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (2/0), Fayette (46/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant
(10/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (21/0), Hancock (16/2), Hardy (38/0),
Harrison (39/1), Jackson (135/0), Jefferson (158/3), Kanawha (213/2), Lewis
(5/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (16/0), Marion (50/0), Marshall (28/0), Mason
(15/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral (38/2), Mingo (4/1), Monongalia
(121/7), Monroe (6/1), Morgan (17/1), Nicholas (10/0), Ohio
(40/0), Pendleton (8/1), Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston
(17/5), Putnam (33/0), Raleigh (15/1), Randolph (82/0), Ritchie (1/0), Roane
(8/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (8/0), Tucker (4/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (6/1),
Wayne (97/0), Wetzel (8/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (50/3), 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.