COVID-19 Daily Update 8-15-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

The West Virginia Department of Health andHuman Resources (DHHR) reportsas of 10:00 a.m., on August 15, 2020, there have been 350,076 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 8,457 total cases and 160 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 67-yearold female from Pleasants County, an 88-year old female from Mercer County anda 95-year old female from Logan County. I urge everyone in West Virginia to dotheir part to reduce the spread of this virus throughout our communities so we canprotect one another and prevent further loss of life, said Bill J. Crouch,DHHR Cabinet Secretary.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour(31), Berkeley (733), Boone (117), Braxton (8), Brooke (74), Cabell (447),Calhoun (6), Clay (18), Doddridge (6), Fayette (166), Gilmer (18), Grant (131),Greenbrier (95), Hampshire (86), Hancock (112), Hardy (63), Harrison (243),Jackson (166), Jefferson (304), Kanawha (1,066), Lewis (28), Lincoln (105),Logan (354), Marion (199), Marshall (130), Mason (70), McDowell (66), Mercer(227), Mineral (126), Mingo (200), Monongalia (986), Monroe (20), Morgan (32),Nicholas (39), Ohio (278), Pendleton (42), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42),Preston (128), Putnam (216), Raleigh (292), Randolph (213), Ritchie (3), Roane(19), Summers (18), Taylor (61), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (38), Wayne(218), Webster (4), Wetzel (45), Wirt (7), Wood (275), Wyoming (46).

As case surveillance continues at thelocal health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certaincounty may not be a resident of that county,or even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the stateborder to be tested. Such is the case of Mineral andNicholas counties in this report.

Pleasenote that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from thelocal health department to DHHR.

On August 12, 2020, DHHR announced thatboth confirmed and probable deaths will be reported on the dashboard, per CDCguidelines. Probable deaths are defined as decedents who had no knownpositive laboratory test for COVID-19 but whose death certificate listsCOVID-19 as a cause of death or contributing factor, or decedents who weresymptomatic and had a known exposure to COVID-19.

Data ispublished daily at 10 a.m. on the dashboard located at http://www.coronavirus.wv.gov.

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