The
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports
as of 10:00 a.m., on May 8, 2020, there have been 59,436 laboratory results
received for COVID-19, with 1,310 positive, 58,126 negative and 51 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 (177), Boone
(7), Braxton (2), Brooke (3), Cabell (48), Clay (1), Fayette (30), Gilmer (4),
Grant (3), Greenbrier (8), Hampshire (8), Hancock (11), Hardy (17), Harrison
(34), Jackson (136), Jefferson (86), Kanawha (176), Lewis (4), Lincoln (4),
Logan (13), Marion (46), Marshall (20), Mason (13), McDowell (6), Mercer (11),
Mineral (20), Mingo (2), Monongalia (111), Monroe (6), Morgan (17), Nicholas
(8), Ohio (34), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (2), Preston
(14), Putnam (27), Raleigh (9), Randolph (5), Ritchie (1), Roane (8), Summers
(1), Taylor (8), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (5), Wayne (93), Wetzel (4), Wirt
(3), Wood (43), 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.
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.