COVID-19 Daily Update 8-29-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

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September 1, 2020

TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reportsas of 10:00 a.m., on August 29, 2020, there have been 426,074 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 9,967 total cases and 212 deaths.

DHHRhas confirmed the deaths of a 40-year old male fromKanawha County, a 70-year old female from Taylor County, an 86-year old malefrom Logan County, a 52-year old male from Wayne County, a 73-year old malefrom Cabell County, a 77-year old female from Grant County, a 42-year oldfemale from Kanawha County, a 71-year old male from Monroe County, a 77-yearold male from Monroe County, and an 88-year old female from Nicholas County. Eachdeath reported is a heartbreaking reminder of the seriousness of this disease,said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. We extend our sympathies as wemourn this loss to both the families and our state.

CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour (33), Berkeley (794), Boone(139), Braxton (9), Brooke (88), Cabell (524), Calhoun (9), Clay (20),Doddridge (6), Fayette (247), Gilmer (18), Grant (139), Greenbrier (106),Hampshire (91), Hancock (121), Hardy (72), Harrison (263), Jackson (200),Jefferson (352), Kanawha (1,363), Lewis (32), Lincoln (113), Logan (476),Marion (216), Marshall (133), Mason (101), McDowell (70), Mercer (290), Mineral(144), Mingo (232), Monongalia (1,093), Monroe (114), Morgan (37), Nicholas(50), Ohio (290), Pendleton (44), Pleasants (15), Pocahontas (42), Preston(139), Putnam (274), Raleigh (346), Randolph (222), Ritchie (5), Roane (26),Summers (19), Taylor (105), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (43), Wayne (246),Webster (7), Wetzel (45), Wirt (7), Wood (305), Wyoming (66).

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 Grant,Mason, and McDowell counties in this report.

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

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