TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 5:00 p.m., on July 28,2020, there have been 269,704 totalconfirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 6,173 totalcases and 111 deaths. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 77-yearold female from Mercer County, an 87-year old female from Mercer County, and a 60-yearold female from Preston County. We are deeplysaddened by this news, a loss to both the families and our state, said Bill J.Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.<\/p>\n
In alignment with updated definitions fromthe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the dashboard includes probablecases which are individuals that have symptoms and either serologic (antibody)or epidemiologic (e.g., a link to a confirmed case) evidence of disease, but noconfirmatory test. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
CASESPER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test\/Probable case):Barbour (29\/0), Berkeley (605\/22), Boone (68\/0), Braxton (8\/0), Brooke(51\/1), Cabell (281\/9), Calhoun (6\/0), Clay (17\/0), Doddridge (2\/0), Fayette(122\/0), Gilmer (14\/0), Grant (46\/1), Greenbrier (83\/0), Hampshire (67\/0),Hancock (87\/5), Hardy (50\/1), Harrison (168\/1), Jackson (155\/0), Jefferson(280\/5), Kanawha (699\/13), Lewis (24\/1), Lincoln (52\/2), Logan (98\/0), Marion(155\/4), Marshall (111\/2), Mason (41\/0), McDowell (18\/1), Mercer (111\/0),Mineral (99\/2), Mingo (106\/2), Monongalia (829\/16), Monroe (18\/1), Morgan(24\/1), Nicholas (26\/1), Ohio (241\/0), Pendleton (30\/1), Pleasants (6\/1),Pocahontas (40\/1), Preston (97\/22), Putnam (152\/1), Raleigh (138\/4), Randolph(203\/3), Ritchie (3\/0), Roane (14\/0), Summers (5\/0), Taylor (39\/1), Tucker(8\/0), Tyler (11\/0), Upshur (36\/2), Wayne (176\/2), Webster (3\/0), Wetzel(40\/0), Wirt (6\/0), Wood (218\/11), Wyoming (17\/0).<\/p>\n
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 individualin question may have crossed the state border to be tested.Such is the case of Preston County in this report.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Pleasenote that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from thelocal health department to DHHR.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Please visit thedashboard at http:\/\/www.coronavirus.wv.gov<\/a> for more detailed information. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n COVID-19 Daily Update - 7-28-2020 - 5 PM - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 5:00 p.m., on July 28,2020, there have been 269,704 totalconfirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 6,173 totalcases and 111 deaths. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 77-yearold female from Mercer County, an 87-year old female from Mercer County, and a 60-yearold female from Preston County. We are deeplysaddened by this news, a loss to both the families and our state, said Bill J.Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. Continue reading