COVID-19 Daily Update 7-31-2020 – 5 PM – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

The West Virginia Department of Health andHuman Resources (DHHR)reports as of 5:00 p.m., on July 31, 2020, there have been 283,848 totalconfirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 6,642 total cases and 116 deaths.

Inalignment with updated definitions from the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, the dashboard includes probable cases which are individuals that havesymptoms and either serologic (antibody) or epidemiologic (e.g., a link to aconfirmed case) evidence of disease, but no confirmatory test.

CASESPER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case):Barbour (29/0), Berkeley (623/22), Boone (76/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke(59/1), Cabell (306/9), Calhoun (6/0), Clay (17/0), Doddridge (4/0), Fayette(126/0), Gilmer (16/0), Grant (67/1), Greenbrier (85/0), Hampshire (73/0),Hancock (93/4), Hardy (53/1), Harrison (182/1), Jackson (157/0), Jefferson(283/5), Kanawha (785/13), Lewis (25/1), Lincoln (61/0), Logan (133/0), Marion(166/4), Marshall (122/2), Mason (45/0), McDowell (25/1), Mercer (138/0),Mineral (107/2), Mingo (119/2), Monongalia (880/16), Monroe (18/1), Morgan(25/1), Nicholas (30/1), Ohio (248/0), Pendleton (36/1), Pleasants (7/1),Pocahontas (40/1), Preston (99/23), Putnam (158/1), Raleigh (166/6), Randolph(204/3), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (14/0), Summers (6/0), Taylor (51/1), Tucker(9/0), Tyler (12/0), Upshur (36/2), Wayne (180/2), Webster (3/0), Wetzel(40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (222/11), Wyoming (20/0).

Ascase surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may revealthat those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, oreven the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state borderto be tested. Suchis the case of Nicholas,Preston, Summers, and Wyoming counties in this report.

Please note that delays may be experiencedwith the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR.

Please visit the dashboard at http://www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more detailed information.

Additionalreport:

Toincrease COVID-19 testing opportunities, the Governor's Office, the HerbertHenderson Office of Minority Affairs, WV Department of Health and HumanResources, WV National Guard, local health departments, and community partnerstoday provided free COVID-19 testing for residents in counties with highminority populations and evidence of COVID-19 transmission.

The testing resulted in 195 individuals tested in Gilmer County (first day oftwo-day testing event). Please note these are considered preliminary numbers.

Testing will be held tomorrow in Gilmer andMarion counties in these locations.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 7-31-2020 - 5 PM - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources