COVID-19 Daily Update 9-29-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reportsas of 10:00 a.m., September 29, 2020, there have been 557,869 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 15,692 total cases and 345 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 70-year old male from LoganCounty, a 70-year old male from Putnam County, a 79-year old female fromWyoming County, a 73-year old male from Berkeley County, an 81-year old femalefrom Putnam County, an 84-year old female from Putnam County, a 73-year oldmale from Monroe County, and a 78-year old female from Taylor County.

"We must remember that each ofthese West Virginians have families and friends who are left to grieve theirloss, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. We join with them in sharingtheir grief.

CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour(78), Berkeley (1,009), Boone (227), Braxton (13), Brooke (114), Cabell (843),Calhoun (25), Clay (36), Doddridge (26), Fayette (629), Gilmer (48), Grant(161), Greenbrier (127), Hampshire (108), Hancock (150), Hardy (91), Harrison(382), Jackson (270), Jefferson (436), Kanawha (2,704), Lewis (38), Lincoln(171), Logan (620), Marion (284), Marshall (179), Mason (143), McDowell (87),Mercer (425), Mineral (174), Mingo (377), Monongalia (2,035), Monroe (151),Morgan (55), Nicholas (105), Ohio (374), Pendleton (53), Pleasants (18),Pocahontas (59), Preston (157), Putnam (576), Raleigh (526), Randolph (252),Ritchie (13), Roane (52), Summers (55), Taylor (127), Tucker (34), Tyler (16),Upshur (84), Wayne (403), Webster (8), Wetzel (56), Wirt (12), Wood (374),Wyoming (118).

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.Suchis the case of Mineral County in this report.

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

Free COVID-19 testinglocations are available today in Barbour, Fayette, Kanawha, and Putnam counties,and Wednesday in Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Monongalia, Putnam, and Waynecounties:

Barbour County, September29, 10:00 AM 2:00 PM, Barbour County Fairgrounds, 115 Fairgrounds Way, Belington,WV

Fayette County, September29, 10:00 AM 2:00 PM, J.W. and Hazel Ruby WV Welcome Center, 55 Hazel RubyLane, Mt. Hope, WV

Kanawha County, September29, 3:00 PM 7:00 PM, George Washington High School, 1522 Tennis Club Road, Charleston,WV

Putnam County, September29, 9:00 AM 1:00 PM, Teays Valley Church of God, 185 Connection Point, ScottDepot, WV

Fayette County, September30, 4:00 PM 7:00 PM, Gateway Center, 2 Greyhound Lane, Smithers, WV

Kanawha County, September30, 3:00 PM 7:00 PM, George Washington High School, 1522 Tennis Club Road, Charleston,WV

Logan County, September30, 10:00 AM 2:00 PM, Old 84 Lumber Building, 100 Recovery Road, Peach Creek,WV

Monongalia County, September30, 9:00 AM 4:00 PM, West Virginia University, Student Recreation Center,2001 Rec Center Drive, Morgantown, WV

Putnam County, September30, 1:00 PM 5:00 PM, Old Buffalo High School, 81 High School Road, Buffalo,WV

Wayne County, September30, 9:00 AM 1:00 PM, Wayne County Health Department, 217 Kenova Ave, Wayne,WV 25570

Testing is available to everyone,including asymptomatic individuals. For upcoming testing locations, pleasevisit https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 9-29-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources