COVID-19 Daily Update 8-16-2020 – 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 16, 2020, there have been 355,168 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 8,564 total cases and 160 deaths.

CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour (33), Berkeley (734), Boone (118),Braxton (8), Brooke (76), Cabell (450), Calhoun (7), Clay (18), Doddridge (6),Fayette (170), Gilmer (18), Grant (131), Greenbrier (96), Hampshire (88),Hancock (113), Hardy (63), Harrison (248), Jackson (168), Jefferson (305),Kanawha (1,080), Lewis (28), Lincoln (108), Logan (356), Marion (199), Marshall(130), Mason (73), McDowell (67), Mercer (240), Mineral (127), Mingo (201),Monongalia (989), Monroe (20), Morgan (33), Nicholas (39), Ohio (279),Pendleton (43), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42), Preston (130), Putnam (218),Raleigh (297), Randolph (214), Ritchie (3), Roane (19), Summers (19), Taylor(74), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (40), Wayne (221), Webster (4), Wetzel(44), Wirt (7), Wood (283), Wyoming (47).

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 Wetzel Countyin this report.

Pleasenote that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from thelocal health department to DHHR. Data is published daily at 10 a.m. on thedashboard located at http://www.coronavirus.wv.gov.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 8-16-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources