The
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR)
reports
as of 5:00 p.m., on May 5, 2020, there have been 55,157 laboratory results
received for COVID-19, with 1,242 positive, 53,915 negative and 50 deaths.
These are considered official
numbers reported to the state, which will in turn, be reported
to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Delays may be
experienced with the reporting of cases and deaths from the local health
department to the state health department.
CONFIRMED
CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour
(6), Berkeley (166), Boone (6), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (44), Fayette
(20), Gilmer (3), Grant (3), Greenbrier (7), Hampshire (8), Hancock (11), Hardy
(9), Harrison (31), Jackson (134), Jefferson (83), Kanawha (170), Lewis (4),
Lincoln (2), Logan (14), Marion (46), Marshall (19), Mason (12), McDowell (6),
Mercer (11), Mineral (18), Mingo (2), Monongalia (108), Monroe (6), Morgan
(14), Nicholas (8), Ohio (34), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas
(2), Preston (13), Putnam (27), Raleigh (9), Randolph (5), Ritchie (1), Roane
(6), Summers (1), Taylor (9), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (5), Wayne (91),
Wetzel (3), Wirt (3), Wood (42), Wyoming (1).
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 Jackson, Nicholas,
and Raleigh counties in this report.
The dashboard at www.coronavirus.wv.gov contains West Virginia-specific data and now includes outbreak information for West Virginia’s
nursing homes. A Frequently Asked Questions document has been
developed regarding case counts and can be found here.
The number of
laboratory results received refers to the number of tests performed and
completed, not the number of residents tested as some individuals have had
multiple samples taken for COVID-19 tests.