COVID-19 Daily Update 12-16-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

The West VirginiaDepartment of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of December 16, 2020, there have been 1,339,101total confirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 66,849 total cases and 1,039deaths.

DHHRhas confirmed the deaths of a 53-year old female from Cabell County, a 92-year old female fromWyoming County, a 76-year old male from Brooke County, a 76-year old femalefrom Lewis County, a 79-year old male from Hardy County, an 82-year old malefrom Greenbrier County, a 76-year old male from Brooke County, an 81-year old femalefrom Ohio County, a 69-year old male from Ohio County, an 83-year old male fromHancock County, a 75-year old male from Mercer County, a 62-year old male fromMarshall County, a 79-year old male from Wetzel County, a 73-year old male fromWetzel County, an 87-year old male from Morgan County, a 92-year old femalefrom Marion County, a 66-year old female from Greenbrier County, an 85-year oldfemale from Wood County, a 90-year old male from Pocahontas County, a 73-yearold female from Marshall County, an 88-year old female from Marshall County, an84-year old female from Cabell County, a 73-year old male from Kanawha County,an 82-year old male from Putnam County, a 64-year old male from Kanawha County,an 83-year old female from Berkeley County, and a 68-year old male from KanawhaCounty.

It never gets easier to announce the amountof COVID-19 cases or all the people we have lost, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHRCabinet Secretary. This pandemic has affected all West Virginians. Our heartsgo out to those who have lost loved ones and to every person who has beenaffected by COVID-19.

CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour (575), Berkeley (4,745),Boone (841), Braxton (187), Brooke (1,069), Cabell (4,134), Calhoun (112), Clay(211), Doddridge (178), Fayette (1,407), Gilmer (258), Grant (606), Greenbrier(963), Hampshire (682), Hancock (1,378), Hardy (553), Harrison (2,123), Jackson(941), Jefferson (1,914), Kanawha (7,282), Lewis (359), Lincoln (578), Logan(1,261), Marion (1,310), Marshall (1,711), Mason (836), McDowell (755), Mercer(1,935), Mineral (1,900), Mingo (1,151), Monongalia (4,319), Monroe (491),Morgan (482), Nicholas (521), Ohio (2,067), Pendleton (193), Pleasants (219),Pocahontas (303), Preston (1,147), Putnam (2,528), Raleigh (2,166), Randolph(947), Ritchie (265), Roane (244), Summers (334), Taylor (516), Tucker (244),Tyler (250), Upshur (661), Wayne (1,391), Webster (111), Wetzel (541), Wirt(164), Wood (3,813), Wyoming (977).

Please note that delaysmay be experienced with the reporting of information from the local healthdepartment to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the local healthdepartment level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may notbe a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual in questionmay have crossed the state border to be tested. Such is the case of Webster County in this report.

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

Free COVID-19 testing daily events scheduled fortoday, Wednesday, December 16, 2020:

BerkeleyCounty

10:00 AM 6:00 PM, 891 AutoParts Place, Martinsburg, WV

HardyCounty

HarrisonCounty

9:00 AM 12:00 PM,Harrison-Clarksburg Health Department, 330 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV (by appointment; 304-623-9308 and pre-registration:https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)

LoganCounty

Marshall County

Mason County

Mingo County

10:00 AM 1:30 PM, Hurley Drug Company, 210 Logan Street, Williamson, WV

OhioCounty

11:00 AM 4:00 PM, Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department, 355Fire House Lane, Valley Grove, WV (pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)

11:00 AM 4:00 PM, Warwood Fire Station #9, 1301 Richland Avenue,Wheeling, WV (pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)

11:00 AM 4:00 PM, Wheeling Island Fire Station #5, 11 NorthWabash Street, Wheeling, WV (pre-registration: https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)

Taylor County

Wayne County

10:00 AM 2:00 PM, Wayne County Health Department, 217 Kenova Avenue,Wayne, WV

Wirt County

Additional testing will beheld on Thursday, December 17, 2020 in Berkeley, Boone, Hampshire, Hardy,Jackson, Mingo, Ohio, Putnam, Taylor, and Wayne counties.

There are many ways to obtain free COVID-19 testing in WestVirginia. Please visit https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 12-16-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources