COVID-19 Daily Update 8-26-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 26,2020, there have been 409,429 total confirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 9,540 totalcases and 190 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a61-year old female from Logan County, an 87-year old female from Ohio County,and a 72-year old female from Mercer County. We are deeply saddened bythis news, a loss to both the family and our state, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHRCabinet Secretary.

CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour (33), Berkeley (777), Boone(131), Braxton (9), Brooke (85), Cabell (501), Calhoun (8), Clay (19),Doddridge (6), Fayette (195), Gilmer (18), Grant (138), Greenbrier (99),Hampshire (91), Hancock (118), Hardy (66), Harrison (259), Jackson (194),Jefferson (332), Kanawha (1,281), Lewis (32), Lincoln (111), Logan (454),Marion (212), Marshall (134), Mason (91), McDowell (72), Mercer (284), Mineral(131), Mingo (222), Monongalia (1,072), Monroe (91), Morgan (37), Nicholas(47), Ohio (289), Pendleton (44), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42), Preston(136), Putnam (254), Raleigh (331), Randolph (220), Ritchie (3), Roane (25),Summers (18), Taylor (103), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (41), Wayne (232),Webster (7), Wetzel (45), Wirt (8), Wood (297), Wyoming (55).

Pleasenote that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from thelocal health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the localhealth department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain countymay not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual inquestion may have crossed the state border to be tested.Such is the case of Hampshire,Pendleton, and Randolph counties in this report.

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

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COVID-19 Daily Update 8-26-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources