COVID-19 Daily Update 8-28-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reportsas of 10:00 a.m., on August 28, 2020, there have been 419,401 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 9,824 total cases and 202 deaths.

DHHRhas confirmed the deaths of a 93-year old female fromLogan County, an 82-year old female from Logan County, and a 77-year old malefrom Cabell County. We mourn with all families suffering theloss of loved ones during this horrible pandemic, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHRCabinet Secretary.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour(33), Berkeley (788), Boone (134), Braxton (9), Brooke (86), Cabell (509),Calhoun (9), Clay (20), Doddridge (6), Fayette (235), Gilmer (18), Grant (140),Greenbrier (103), Hampshire (91), Hancock (118), Hardy (71), Harrison (262),Jackson (200), Jefferson (347), Kanawha (1,338), Lewis (32), Lincoln (112),Logan (471), Marion (215), Marshall (133), Mason (102), McDowell (71), Mercer(290), Mineral (144), Mingo (229), Monongalia (1,083), Monroe (95), Morgan(37), Nicholas (47), Ohio (289), Pendleton (44), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas(42), Preston (138), Putnam (265), Raleigh (340), Randolph (221), Ritchie (5),Roane (26), Summers (19), Taylor (104), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (43),Wayne (242), Webster (7), Wetzel (45), Wirt (7), Wood (305), Wyoming (64).

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 WirtCounty in this report.

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

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COVID-19 Daily Update 8-28-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources