CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 1,500 people were testing for COVID-19 Friday in five West Virginia counties.
It’s the third round of two-day testing events that began earlier this month in 10 counties targeted by the Justice administration.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources put preliminary testing numbers Friday evening at 378 individuals tested in Berkeley County; 396 in Jefferson County; 402 in Kanawha County; 210 in Mineral County; and 200 in Morgan County.
Testing will continue tomorrow in all five counties from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
.@WVGovernor‘s initiative to increase testing: 378 individuals tested in Berkeley Co, 396 Jefferson Co, 402 Kanawha Co, 210 Mineral Co, 200 Morgan Co. Please note preliminary numbers. Continues tomorrow. https://t.co/ti1E6aowdE @WVNationalGuard @WVHHOMA https://t.co/3ScUrXmLXy pic.twitter.com/yslThnqrqW
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 29, 2020
The events are free and open to all residents with a particular focus on minority community members and other vulnerable residents.
The test results should be back within a few days.
Testing sites Saturday include:
Berkeley County: Musselman High School, 126 Excellence Way, Inwood
Jefferson County: Hollywood Casino, 750 Hollywood Drive, Charles Town
Kanawha County: Shawnee Sports Complex, One Salango Way, Dunbar
Mineral County: School Complex, 1123 Harley O. Staggers Senior Drive, Keyser
Morgan County: Warm Springs Middle School, 271 Warm Springs Way, Berkeley Springs
The DHHR will also have two testing events Saturday in Randolph County in connection with recent positive cases at Huttonsville State Prison. Those are set from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Valley Health Care in Mill Creek and Davis Medical Center in Elkins.
Drive-through #COVID19 testing will be available in Randolph County, WV on Saturday, May 30, 2020, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Valley Health Care in Mill Creek and Davis Medical Center in Elkins. There is no charge for testing.@WVNationalGuard pic.twitter.com/D0zKo6GMxW
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 29, 2020
Meanwhile, the DHHR released new COVID-19 numbers Friday evening.
There have now been 93,872 total tests with confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 1,972. There have been 74 deaths.
The state’s cumulative positive test rate is 2.10 percent. The daily test rate Friday was 2.50 percent.
The state reports 1,274 recovered cases of COVID-19 and 624 active cases. There are 33 people hospitalized, 14 in ICU. Eight of those patients are on ventilators.
Cases per county include:
Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (9/0), Berkeley (293/11), Boone (9/0), Braxton (2/0), Brooke (4/1), Cabell (59/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (2/0), Fayette (46/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (11/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (28/0), Hancock (16/2), Hardy (39/0), Harrison (39/1), Jackson (136/0), Jefferson (172/5), Kanawha (221/2), Lewis (8/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (17/0), Marion (50/0), Marshall (28/0), Mason (15/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral (42/2), Mingo (5/1), Monongalia (122/11), Monroe (6/1), Morgan (17/1), Nicholas (8/0), Ohio (41/0), Pendleton (10/2), Pleasants (3/1), Pocahontas (20/1), Preston (20/5), Putnam (35/0), Raleigh (15/1), Randolph (129/0), Ritchie (1/0), Roane (9/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (8/0), Tucker (4/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (6/1), Wayne (98/0), Wetzel (8/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (50/3), Wyoming (3/0).
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 5:00 p.m., on May 29, 2020, there have been 93,872 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 1,972 total cases and 74 deaths. #SaferAtHomeWVhttps://t.co/6dszYSzzDc pic.twitter.com/hu7SZuGK7x
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) May 29, 2020