The West Virginia Department of Health and
Human Resources (DHHR)
reports as of 5:00 p.m., on July 18, 2020, there have been 226,616 total
confirmatory
laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 4,922 total
cases and 100 deaths.
In
alignment with updated definitions from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the dashboard 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 (25/0), Berkeley (545/19), Boone
(57/0), Braxton (7/0), Brooke (37/1), Cabell (224/7), Calhoun (5/0), Clay
(15/0), Fayette (102/0), Gilmer (13/0), Grant (21/1), Greenbrier (76/0),
Hampshire (48/0), Hancock (51/3), Hardy (48/1), Harrison (135/1), Jackson
(149/0), Jefferson (264/5), Kanawha (489/12), Lewis (24/1), Lincoln (21/0),
Logan (43/0), Marion (130/3), Marshall (80/1), Mason (27/0), McDowell (12/0),
Mercer (69/0), Mineral (71/2), Mingo (50/2), Monongalia (693/15), Monroe
(16/1), Morgan (20/1), Nicholas (20/1), Ohio (174/0), Pendleton (19/1),
Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (37/1), Preston (89/25), Putnam (108/1), Raleigh
(92/3), Randolph (196/2), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (12/0), Summers (3/0), Taylor
(29/1), Tucker (7/0), Tyler (10/0), Upshur (31/2), Wayne (147/2), Webster
(2/0), Wetzel (40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (193/10), Wyoming (7/0).
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. Such is the case of Cabell County in this
report.
Please note that delays may be experienced
with the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR.
Please visit the dashboard at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more detailed information.
Additional report:
To
increase COVID-19 testing opportunities, the Governor's Office, the Herbert
Henderson Office of Minority Affairs, WV Department of Health and Human
Resources, WV National Guard, local health departments, and community partners today
provided free COVID-19 testing for residents in counties with high minority
populations and evidence of COVID-19 transmission.
The testing resulted in 2,300 individuals tested: 559 in
Berkeley County (two-day testing event); 717 in Jefferson County (two-day
testing event); and 1,024 Monongalia County (one-day testing event).
Please note these are considered preliminary numbers.