COVID-19 Daily Update 12-14-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

The West VirginiaDepartment of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of December 14, 2020, there have been 1,321,330 total confirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 64,394 total cases and 978deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 66-year old male from GrantCounty, a 79-year old male from Raleigh County, a 90-year old male fromJefferson County, a 67-year old male from Preston County, a 71-year old malefrom Berkeley County, a 95-year old female from Berkeley County, a 76-year oldfemale from Berkeley County, a 74-year old female from Berkeley County, an 86-yearold female from Berkeley County, and a 78-year old female from Kanawha County.

As we mourn the West Virginia lives lost tothis devastating virus, we must not lose sight of our power to preventadditional deaths by following public health safety measures of wearing masks, washinghands, staying home when sick, and social distancing, said Bill J. Crouch,DHHR Cabinet Secretary.

CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour (562), Berkeley (4,537),Boone (813), Braxton (172), Brooke (1,005), Cabell (3,962), Calhoun (106), Clay(193), Doddridge (173), Fayette (1,377), Gilmer (257), Grant (596), Greenbrier(924), Hampshire (631), Hancock (1,292), Hardy (524), Harrison (2,012), Jackson(910), Jefferson (1,836), Kanawha (7,099), Lewis (343), Lincoln (546), Logan(1,222), Marion (1,262), Marshall (1,660), Mason (798), McDowell (745), Mercer(1,834), Mineral (1,825), Mingo (1,132), Monongalia (4,171), Monroe (482),Morgan (468), Nicholas (503), Ohio (2,011), Pendleton (182), Pleasants (209),Pocahontas (295), Preston (1,081), Putnam (2,477), Raleigh (2,073), Randolph(905), Ritchie (256), Roane (237), Summers (327), Taylor (490), Tucker (241),Tyler (229), Upshur (639), Wayne (1,336), Webster (110), Wetzel (523), Wirt(159), Wood (3,678), Wyoming (964).

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.

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

Free COVID-19 testing daily events scheduled fortoday, Monday, December 14, 2020:

HarrisonCounty

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

Kanawha County

LoganCounty

Marshall County

Mason County

Mineral County

10:00 AM 6:00 PM, Keyser Health School, 1 Tornado Way, Keyser, WV 26726

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

Additional testing will beheld on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 in Boone, Clay, Hardy, Jackson, Mercer, Mineral,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 12-14-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources