The
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports
as of 10:00 a.m., September 27, 2020, there have been 549,310 total confirmatory laboratory results received
for COVID-19, with 15,348 total cases and 334 deaths.
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 70-year old female from Kanawha County and a 72-year old male from Kanawha
County. “Each death reported is a solemn reminder of the seriousness of
this disease,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “Our sincere condolences are extended to
these families.”
CASES
PER COUNTY: Barbour
(56), Berkeley (995), Boone (218), Braxton (13), Brooke (113), Cabell (804),
Calhoun (25), Clay (35), Doddridge (25), Fayette (615), Gilmer (46), Grant
(161), Greenbrier (127), Hampshire (107), Hancock (150), Hardy (90), Harrison
(365), Jackson (264), Jefferson (431), Kanawha (2,651), Lewis (38), Lincoln
(167), Logan (617), Marion (269), Marshall (173), Mason (142), McDowell (84),
Mercer (415), Mineral (174), Mingo (376), Monongalia (1,999), Monroe (149),
Morgan (55), Nicholas (102), Ohio (373), Pendleton (53), Pleasants (17),
Pocahontas (59), Preston (154), Putnam (559), Raleigh (520), Randolph (252),
Ritchie (13), Roane (49), Summers (54), Taylor (126), Tucker (26), Tyler (16),
Upshur (77), Wayne (395), Webster (8), Wetzel (55), Wirt (12), Wood (364),
Wyoming (115).
Please
note that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the
local health department to DHHR. 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.
Please
visit the dashboard located at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.
Free COVID-19 testing locations are
available Monday in Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Taylor, and Wayne counties:
Boone County, September
28, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Boone County Health Department, 213 Kenmore Drive,
Danville, WV
Cabell County, September
28, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Cabell Huntington Health Department, 703 Seventh Avenue,
Huntington, WV
Kanawha County, September
28, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Elkview Baptist Church, 1150 Main Street, Elkview, WV
(flu shots offered)
Taylor County, September
28, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM, First Baptist Church of Grafton, 2034 Webster Pike (US
Rt 119 S), Grafton, WV
Wayne County, September
28, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Spring Valley High School, 1 Timberwolfe Drive,
Huntington, WV
Testing is available to everyone,
including asymptomatic individuals. For upcoming testing locations, please
visit https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx.