WEDNESDAY COVID-19 REPORT - 70 New Cases, 2 Deaths

(08/20/2020)
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 70 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths in its report on Wednesday.

The DHHR announced 99 new cases of the Coronavirus and four deaths on Tuesday.

The report from the DHHR stated that as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 19, there have been a total of 369,546 (+3,995) laboratory results received for COVID-19 with 8,801 (+70) total cases and 166 (+2) of those cases resulting in deaths.

The DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 72-year-old woman from Cabell County and a 69-year-old woman from Kanawha County.

Six more individuals at West Virginia State University at Institue have tested positive for COVID-19. These newly confirmed cases bring the total cases reported on campus this week to 10.

There are new outbreaks in nursing homes and jails.

According to the DHHR’s website, there are currently 1,726 (-104) active cases and 6,909 (+172) recovered cases in the state.

Listed below are the total numbers of COVID-19 cases per county, according to the DHHR’s latest report:

CASES PER COUNTY:Barbour (33), Berkeley (748), Boone (124), Braxton (10), Brooke (79), Cabell (478), Calhoun (7), Clay (18), Doddridge (6), Fayette (178), Gilmer (18), Grant (131), *Greenbrier (95), Hampshire (90), Hancock (115), Hardy (64), Harrison (247), Jackson (172), *Jefferson (309), Kanawha (1,122), Lewis (28), Lincoln (111), Logan (380), Marion (203), Marshall (131), Mason (77), McDowell (67), Mercer (245), *Mineral (128), Mingo (204), Monongalia (1,003), Monroe (22), Morgan (33), Nicholas (40), *Ohio (284), Pendleton (47), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42), Preston (131), Putnam (228), Raleigh (310), Randolph (218), Ritchie (3), Roane (20), Summers (19), Taylor (86), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (40), Wayne (221), Webster (7), Wetzel (45), Wirt (7), Wood (290), Wyoming (47).