The West VirginiaDepartment of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of December 18, 2020, there have been 1,365,174total confirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 69,751 total cases and 1,091deaths.<\/p>\n
DHHRhas confirmed the deaths of a 60-year old female fromBarbour County, a 74-year old female from Monroe County, an 83-year old male fromBerkeley County, a 77-year old male from Raleigh County, a 77-year old femalefrom Wyoming County, a 17-year old male from Kanawha County, a 64-year old femalefrom Kanawha County, a 58-year old male from Kanawha County, a 46-year old malefrom Mineral County, an 85-year old male from Mineral County, a 78-year old malefrom McDowell County, an 86-year old female from Wood County, a 65-year old femalefrom Wood County, a 78-year old female from Berkeley County, a 78-year old malefrom Hancock County, an 80-year old male from Cabell County, a 67-year old femalefrom Mingo County, a 61-year old male from Grant County, a 95-year old femalefrom Wyoming County, and an 84-year old female from Wood County.<\/p>\n
Today is another hard day as West Virginianscope with the loss of loved ones, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.These are peoplemothers, fathers, grandparents, brothers, and sisters. Ourdeepest condolences go out to the families who have lost loved ones in thispandemic. <\/p>\n
CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour (591), Berkeley (4,981),Boone (873), Braxton (205), Brooke (1,097), Cabell (4,306), Calhoun (115), Clay(222), Doddridge (190), Fayette (1,448), Gilmer (267), Grant (636), Greenbrier(1066), Hampshire (753), Hancock (1,477), Hardy (585), Harrison (2,269),Jackson (973), Jefferson (1,990), Kanawha (7,503), Lewis (383), Lincoln (617),Logan (1,322), Marion (1,382), Marshall (1,741), Mason (872), McDowell (786),Mercer (2,060), Mineral (1,961), Mingo (1,186), Monongalia (4,512), Monroe(516), Morgan (518), Nicholas (538), Ohio (2,137), Pendleton (209), Pleasants(234), Pocahontas (309), Preston (1,237), Putnam (2,580), Raleigh (2,236),Randolph (977), Ritchie (277), Roane (253), Summers (346), Taylor (537), Tucker(255), Tyler (260), Upshur (683), Wayne (1,442), Webster (118), Wetzel (562),Wirt (170), Wood (3,993), Wyoming (995).<\/p>\n
Please note that delaysmay be experienced with the reporting of information from the local healthdepartment to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the local health departmentlevel, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be aresident of that county, or even the state as an individual in question mayhave crossed the state border to be tested. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Please visit the dashboard located at http:\/\/www.coronavirus.wv.gov<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Free COVID-19 testing daily events scheduled fortoday, Friday, December 18, 2020:<\/p>\n BerkeleyCounty<\/p>\n 10:00 AM 6:00 PM, 891 AutoParts Place, Martinsburg, WV<\/p>\n BrookeCounty<\/p>\n 10:00 AM 4:00 PM, BrookeHigh School Wellness Center Entrance (near pool), 29 Bruin Drive, Wellsburg, WV(pre-registration: https:\/\/wv.getmycovidresult.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n GrantCounty<\/p>\n 12:00 PM 6:00 PM,Petersburg Elementary School, 333 Rig Street, Petersburg, WV<\/p>\n HarrisonCounty<\/p>\n 9:00 AM 12:00 PM,Harrison-Clarksburg Health Department, 330 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV (by appointment; 304-623-9308 andpre-registration: https:\/\/wv.getmycovidresult.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n Logan County<\/p>\n 2:00 PM 6:00 PM, Town of Man Fire Department, Administration Building,110 North Bridge Street, Man, WV (pre-registration: https:\/\/wv.getmycovidresult.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n Marshall County<\/p>\n Mason County<\/p>\n Mingo County<\/p>\n 10:00 AM 4:00 PM, Hurley Drug Company, 210 Logan Street, Williamson, WV<\/p>\n Monongalia County <\/p>\n 9:00 AM- 11:00 AM, WVU Rec Center, 2001 Rec Center Drive, Morgantown, WV.(Pre-registration at WV.getmycovidresult.com) <\/p>\n OhioCounty<\/p>\n 11:00 AM 4:00 PM, Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department, 355Fire House Lane, Valley Grove, WV (pre-registration: https:\/\/wv.getmycovidresult.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n 11:00 AM 4:00 PM, Warwood Fire Station #9, 1301 Richland Avenue,Wheeling, WV (pre-registration: https:\/\/wv.getmycovidresult.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n 11:00 AM 4:00 PM, Wheeling Island Fire Station #5, 11 NorthWabash Street, Wheeling, WV (pre-registration: https:\/\/wv.getmycovidresult.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n Putnam County<\/p>\n 9:00 AM 3:00 PM, Teays Valley Baptist Church, 3926 Teays Valley Road,Hurricane, WV <\/p>\n Taylor County<\/p>\n Wayne County<\/p>\n 10:00 AM 2:00 PM, Wayne County Health Department, 217 Kenova Avenue,Wayne, WV<\/p>\n Wood County<\/p>\n 11:00 AM 2:00 PM, Mineral Wells Elementary, 1776 Elizabeth Pike, MineralWells, WV (pre-registration: http:\/\/www.ipsumcovidresults.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n Wyoming County<\/p>\n 11:00 AM 3:00 PM, Old Board of Education, 19 Park Street, Pineville, WV<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Additional testing will be held on Saturday,December 19, 2020 in Berkeley, Hampshire, Hancock, Ohio, and Putnam counties.<\/p>\n There are many ways to obtain free COVID-19 testing in WestVirginia. Please visit https:\/\/dhhr.wv.gov\/COVID-19\/pages\/testing.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is the original post: <\/p>\n COVID-19 Daily Update 12-18-2020 - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The West VirginiaDepartment of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of December 18, 2020, there have been 1,365,174total confirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 69,751 total cases and 1,091deaths. DHHRhas confirmed the deaths of a 60-year old female fromBarbour County, a 74-year old female from Monroe County, an 83-year old male fromBerkeley County, a 77-year old male from Raleigh County, a 77-year old femalefrom Wyoming County, a 17-year old male from Kanawha County, a 64-year old femalefrom Kanawha County, a 58-year old male from Kanawha County, a 46-year old malefrom Mineral County, an 85-year old male from Mineral County, a 78-year old malefrom McDowell County, an 86-year old female from Wood County, a 65-year old femalefrom Wood County, a 78-year old female from Berkeley County, a 78-year old malefrom Hancock County, an 80-year old male from Cabell County, a 67-year old femalefrom Mingo County, a 61-year old male from Grant County, a 95-year old femalefrom Wyoming County, and an 84-year old female from Wood County Continue reading