COVID-19 Daily Update 12-24-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

The West VirginiaDepartment of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of December24, 2020, there have been 1,422,569 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19,with 77,239 total cases and 1,228* deaths.

*Please note that adeath previously reported of an 87-year old female from Gilmer County has beendeemed non-COVID related and has been removed from the total death count.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an 80-year old male fromJefferson County, an 83-year old female from Fayette County, a 68-year old malefrom Kanawha County, a 90-year old female from Hancock County, a 73-year oldfemale from Pocahontas County, an 87-year old female from Fayette County, a 56-yearold male from Ohio County, a 77-year old female from Pocahontas County, a 73-yearold male from Monongalia County, an 81-year old female from Summers County, a 46-yearold female from Kanawha County, a 77-year old female from Pocahontas County, a 92-yearold female from Brooke County, a 79-year old female from Pocahontas County, a 63-yearold male from Brooke County, a 90-year old female from Brooke County, a 66-yearold male from Wyoming County, an 89-year old male from Wood County, a 65-yearold male from Fayette County, an 80-year old female from Hancock County, a 94-yearold female from Greenbrier County, an 88-year old female from MonongaliaCounty, a 95-year old male from Hancock County, a 90-year old male from SummersCounty, an 80-year old female from Randolph County, an 81-year old male fromHancock County, an 89-year old female from Hancock County, an 85-year old malefrom Kanawha County, a 79-year old male from Taylor County, a 62-year oldfemale from Hancock County, a 90-year old female from Putnam County, an 84-yearold female from Greenbrier County, a 93-year old female from Ohio County, and a75-year old female from Kanawha County.

This is an incredibly difficult time for thefamilies and friends of these West Virginians, especially during the holidayseason, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. We offer our sympathiesto each and every person connected to these individuals.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (657),Berkeley (5,557), Boone (975), Braxton (252), Brooke (1,251), Cabell (4,770),Calhoun (118), Clay (241), Doddridge (219), Fayette (1,581), Gilmer (334),Grant (697), Greenbrier (1,256), Hampshire (891), Hancock (1,650), Hardy (689),Harrison (2,614), Jackson (1,055), Jefferson (2,150), Kanawha (8,074), Lewis(447), Lincoln (695), Logan (1,496), Marion (1,571), Marshall (1,829), Mason(934), McDowell (875), Mercer (2,410), Mineral (2,033), Mingo (1,305),Monongalia (4,915), Monroe (588), Morgan (570), Nicholas (587), Ohio (2,320),Pendleton (253), Pleasants (330), Pocahontas (333), Preston (1,450), Putnam(2,768), Raleigh (2,454), Randolph (1,035), Ritchie (304), Roane (270), Summers(376), Taylor (622), Tucker (291), Tyler (306), Upshur (773), Wayne (1,582),Webster (125), Wetzel (633), Wirt (193), Wood (4,462), Wyoming (1,073).

Delays may beexperienced with the reporting of information from the local health departmentto 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 ofthat county, or even the state as an individual in question may have crossedthe state border to be tested.

Thetotal number of vaccines received and administered is shown on the DashboardOverview page and is included on the daily dashboard update. Pleasevisit the dashboard located at http://www.coronavirus.wv.govfor more information.

Free COVID-19testing is available daily to all West Virginia residents. Pleasevisithttps://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx to view thetesting site map and location list.

Pleasenote that the COVID-19 dashboard update for Christmas Day, December 25, 2020, willbe published at 12:00 p.m. instead of 10:00 a.m.

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