The
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 5:00 p.m., on May 30,
2020, there have been 96,369 total confirmatory laboratory results received
for COVID-19, with 1,989 total cases and 75 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 (9/0), Berkeley (296/11), Boone (9/0),
Braxton (2/0), Brooke (4/1), Cabell (62/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (4/0), Fayette
(46/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (11/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (28/0),
Hancock (16/2), Hardy (39/0), Harrison (39/1), Jackson (137/0), Jefferson
(175/5), Kanawha (224/2), Lewis (8/0), Lincoln (6/0), Logan (17/0), Marion
(50/0), Marshall (29/0), Mason (15/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral
(42/2), Mingo (5/1), Monongalia (122/11), Monroe (6/1), Morgan (17/1), Nicholas
(8/0), Ohio (41/0), Pendleton (10/2), Pleasants (3/1), Pocahontas (20/1),
Preston (20/5), Putnam (35/0), Raleigh (15/1), Randolph (129/0), Ritchie (1/0),
Roane (9/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (8/0), Tucker (4/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur
(6/1), Wayne (98/0), 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.
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 offered
free testing in Berkeley, Jefferson, Kanawha, Mineral and Morgan counties, with support from local health
departments and community partners.
The
two-day testing resulted in 698
individuals tested in Berkeley County; 721
in Jefferson County; 768 in Kanawha County;
514 in Mineral County;
and 353 in Morgan County.
Please note these are considered preliminary numbers.