The West Virginia Department of Health and
Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 12,
2020, there have been 335,075 total confirmatory
laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 8,008 total
cases and 153 deaths.
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an
85-year old male from Mercer County, an 82-year old female from Grant County, an
81-year old female from Mercer County, a 79-year old female from Mercer County,
an 80-year old male from Logan County, and a 42-year old male from Logan County.
“Today is a difficult day in
our fight against COVID-19,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “Our
hearts go out to all who are grieving during this time.”
CASES
PER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case):
Barbour (29/0), Berkeley (685/28), Boone (109/0), Braxton (8/0),
Brooke (69/1), Cabell (418/10), Calhoun (6/0), Clay (18/0), Doddridge (6/0),
Fayette (154/1), Gilmer (17/0), Grant (128/1), Greenbrier (92/0), Hampshire
(80/0), Hancock (107/4), Hardy (60/1), Harrison (232/3), Jackson (166/0),
Jefferson (292/7), Kanawha (962/14), Lewis (27/1), Lincoln (95/0), Logan
(264/0), Marion (189/4), Marshall (126/4), Mason (66/0), McDowell (59/1),
Mercer (208/1), Mineral (125/2), Mingo (181/2), Monongalia (936/17), Monroe
(19/1), Morgan (29/1), Nicholas (39/1), Ohio (269/3), Pendleton (41/1),
Pleasants (13/1), Pocahontas (41/1), Preston (104/21), Putnam (202/1), Raleigh
(259/8), Randolph (206/5), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (16/0), Summers (15/0), Taylor
(58/1), Tucker (10/0), Tyler (15/0), Upshur (36/2), Wayne (212/2), Webster (4/0),
Wetzel (43/1), Wirt (7/0), Wood (252/12), Wyoming (37/0).
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 Greenbrier, Hancock, McDowell, Monroe, Upshur
counties in this report.
Please
note that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the
local health department to DHHR. Visit
the dashboard at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more detailed information.
On July 24,
2020, Gov. Jim Justice announced that DHHR, the agency in charge of reporting
the number of COVID-19 cases will transition from providing twice-daily updates
to one report every 24 hours. This became
effective August 1, 2020.