COVID-19 Daily Update 7-18-2020 – 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 18, 2020, there have been 226,616 totalconfirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 4,922 totalcases and 100 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 (25/0), Berkeley (545/19), Boone(57/0), Braxton (7/0), Brooke (37/1), Cabell (224/7), Calhoun (5/0), Clay(15/0), Fayette (102/0), Gilmer (13/0), Grant (21/1), Greenbrier (76/0),Hampshire (48/0), Hancock (51/3), Hardy (48/1), Harrison (135/1), Jackson(149/0), Jefferson (264/5), Kanawha (489/12), Lewis (24/1), Lincoln (21/0),Logan (43/0), Marion (130/3), Marshall (80/1), Mason (27/0), McDowell (12/0),Mercer (69/0), Mineral (71/2), Mingo (50/2), Monongalia (693/15), Monroe(16/1), Morgan (20/1), Nicholas (20/1), Ohio (174/0), Pendleton (19/1),Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (37/1), Preston (89/25), Putnam (108/1), Raleigh(92/3), Randolph (196/2), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (12/0), Summers (3/0), Taylor(29/1), Tucker (7/0), Tyler (10/0), Upshur (31/2), Wayne (147/2), Webster(2/0), Wetzel (40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (193/10), Wyoming (7/0).

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. Such is the case of Cabell County in thisreport.

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.

Additional report:

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 partners todayprovided free COVID-19 testing for residents in counties with high minoritypopulations and evidence of COVID-19 transmission.

The testing resulted in 2,300 individuals tested: 559 inBerkeley County (two-day testing event); 717 in Jefferson County (two-daytesting event); and 1,024 Monongalia County (one-day testing event).Please note these are considered preliminary numbers.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 7-18-2020 - 5 PM - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources