The West Virginia Department of Health and
Human Resources (DHHR) reports
as of 10:00 a.m., on August 16, 2020, there have been 355,168 total confirmatory laboratory results received
for COVID-19, with 8,564 total cases and 160 deaths.
CASES
PER COUNTY: Barbour (33), Berkeley (734), Boone (118),
Braxton (8), Brooke (76), Cabell (450), Calhoun (7), Clay (18), Doddridge (6),
Fayette (170), Gilmer (18), Grant (131), Greenbrier (96), Hampshire (88),
Hancock (113), Hardy (63), Harrison (248), Jackson (168), Jefferson (305),
Kanawha (1,080), Lewis (28), Lincoln (108), Logan (356), Marion (199), Marshall
(130), Mason (73), McDowell (67), Mercer (240), Mineral (127), Mingo (201),
Monongalia (989), Monroe (20), Morgan (33), Nicholas (39), Ohio (279),
Pendleton (43), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42), Preston (130), Putnam (218),
Raleigh (297), Randolph (214), Ritchie (3), Roane (19), Summers (19), Taylor
(74), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (40), Wayne (221), Webster (4), Wetzel
(44), Wirt (7), Wood (283), Wyoming (47).
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 Wetzel County
in this report.
Please
note that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the
local health department to DHHR. Data is published daily at 10 a.m. on the
dashboard located at www.coronavirus.wv.gov.