CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A significant increase in COVID-19 testing events in West Virginia has resulted in a substantial jump in new COVID-19 cases.
Friday morning’s daily report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources added 524 new cases. The daily positive test rate is now 3.77%. The state along with local health departments have administered an average of 9,588 tests the last two days. Gov. Jim Justice announced earlier this month the goal was to reach 10,000 tests a day in hopes of finding possible super spreaders of the virus.
Thirty-six free testing events in 22 counties are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The DHHR also added eight deaths Friday including a 93-year old female from Cabell County, a 90-year old male from Wetzel County, an 84-year old male from Kanawha County, a 55-year old male from Cabell County, an 82-year old female from Monongalia County, an 83-year old male from Monongalia County, a 73-year old male from Fayette County, and an 89-year old female from Fayette County. Total COVID-19 deaths now stand at 451.
Mingo County was the only county in the “red” category on the daily alert map Friday. There are 11 other counties with at least one “red” metric.
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to climb in the Mountain State. The number increased to 240 Friday with 75 people in intensive care and 27 of them on ventilators.
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., October 30, 2020, there have been 767,500 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 23,990 total cases and 451 deaths. https://t.co/fxQKNl2SI9 pic.twitter.com/l1NfsZfLWm
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) October 30, 2020
Overall confirmed cases per county include:
Barbour (187), Berkeley (1,650), Boone (380), Braxton (69), Brooke (239), Cabell (1,494), Calhoun (36), Clay (63), Doddridge (71), Fayette (787), Gilmer (64), Grant (198), Greenbrier (204), Hampshire (140), Hancock (230), Hardy (107), Harrison (673), Jackson (406), Jefferson (614), Kanawha (3,732), Lewis (101), Lincoln (258), Logan (785), Marion (405), Marshall (358), Mason (179), McDowell (126), Mercer (781), Mineral (232), Mingo (632), Monongalia (2,329), Monroe (260), Morgan (154), Nicholas (190), Ohio (585), Pendleton (77), Pleasants (33), Pocahontas (72), Preston (208), Putnam (926), Raleigh (834), Randolph (419), Ritchie (46), Roane (114), Summers (131), Taylor (170), Tucker (65), Tyler (43), Upshur (268), Wayne (605), Webster (35), Wetzel (202), Wirt (55), Wood (647), Wyoming (321).
The testing schedule for Friday, Saturday, Sunday released by the state DHHR:
Barbour County, October 30, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Barbour County Fairgrounds, 113 Fairgrounds Way, Belington, WV
Berkeley County, October 30, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Musselman High School, 126 Excellence Way, Inwood, WV
Boone County, October 30, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Racine Volunteer Fire Department, 400 Volunteer Street, Racine, WV
Braxton County, October 30, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Holly Gray Park, 41 Holly Grove Drive, Sutton, WV
Cabell County, October 30, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Cabell County Health Department, 703 Seventh Avenue, Huntington, WV (flu shots offered)
Clay County, October 30, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Clay County Health Department, 452 Main Street, Clay, WV
Doddridge County, October 30, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Ritchie Regional Health Center, West Union Location, 190 Marie Street, West Union, WV
Harrison County, October 30, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Harrison County Health Department, 330 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV (by appointment; call 304-623-9308)
Jefferson County, October 30, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Jefferson County Health Department, 1948 Wiltshire Road, Kerneysville, WV (by appointment; call 304-728-8416, press 1)
Jefferson County, October 30, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Ranson Civic Center, 432 W. 2nd Avenue, Ranson, WV
Kanawha County, October 30, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Shawnee Sports Complex. One Salango Way, Dunbar, WV
Lincoln County, October 30, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Lincoln County Health Department, 8008 Court Avenue, Hamlin, WV (Walk-in testing)
Marshall County, October 30, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Marshall County Health Department, 513 6th Street, Moundsville, WV
Mercer County, October 30, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Mercer County Health Department, 978 Blue Prince Road, Bluefield, WV
Mingo County, October 30, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Williamson Health and Wellness Center, 173 East 2nd Avenue, Williamson, WV (under the tent)
Monroe County, October 30, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Monroe County Health Department, 200 Health Center Drive, Union, WV
Morgan County, October 30, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Morgan County Health Department, 137 War Memorial Drive, Berkeley Springs, WV (by appointment; call 304-258-1513, option 1)
Morgan County, October 30, 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM, Warm Springs Middle School, 271 Warm Springs Way, Berkeley Springs, WV
Ritchie County, October 30, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Ritchie Regional Health Center, 135 South Penn Avenue, Harrisville, WV
Roane County, October 30, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Roane General Hospital, 200 Hospital Drive, Spencer, WV (flu shots offered)
Taylor County, October 30, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM, First Baptist Church of Grafton, 2034 Webster Pike (US Rt. 119 South), Grafton, WV
Upshur County, October 30, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Buckhannon Upshur High School, 270 BU Drive, Buckhannon, WV
Wayne County, October 30, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Wayne County Health Department, 217 Kenova Avenue, Wayne, WV
Wyoming County, October 30, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Old Board of Education, 19 Park Street, Pineville, WV
Testing is available to everyone, including asymptomatic individuals. Additional testing will be held Saturday, October 31 in Berkeley, Jefferson, Mingo, Morgan, Roane, and Wyoming counties.
Berkeley County, October 31, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Musselman High School, 126 Excellence Way, Inwood, WV
Jefferson County, October 31, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Ranson Civic Center, 432 W. 2nd Avenue, Ranson, WV
Mingo County, October 31, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Williamson Health and Wellness Center, 173 East 2nd Avenue, Williamson, WV, (under the tent)
Morgan County, October 31, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Warm Springs Middle School, 271 Warm Springs Way, Berkeley Springs, WV
Roane County, October 31, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Roane General Hospital, 200 Hospital Drive, Spencer, WV (flu shots offered)
Wyoming County, October 31, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Old Board of Education, 19 Park Street, Pineville, WV
Testing will be held Sunday, November 1 in Berkeley, Jefferson, Mingo, Morgan, and Wyoming counties.
Berkeley County, November 1, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Musselman High School, 126 Excellence Way, Inwood, WV
Jefferson County, November 1, 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Ranson Civic Center, 432 W. 2nd Avenue, Ranson, WV
Mingo County, November 1, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Williamson Health and Wellness Center, 173 East 2nd Avenue, Williamson, WV (under the tent)
Morgan County, November 1, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Warm Springs Middle School, 271 Warm Springs Way, Berkeley Springs, WV
Wyoming County, November 1, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Old Board of Education, 19 Park Street, Pineville, WV