PM SUNDAY: GILMER REPORTS FIRST TWO CASES (04/27/2020) The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports as of 5 p.m., April 26, there have been 39,184 laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 1,053 positive, 38,131 negative and 34 deaths. The increase in the number of lab reports today is due to the onboarding of electronic lab reporting from a large number of facilities and the receipt of historical negative lab results from those facilities. These are considered official numbers reported to the state, which will in turn, be reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Medical providers and laboratories are required to report positive test results to DHHR. Delays may be experienced with the reporting of cases and deaths from the local health department to the state health department. It’s not uncommon for the local level to report case numbers first and then officially report it to the state. State confirmed cases per county include: Barbour – 4 Berkeley – 131 Boone – 2 Braxton – 2 Brooke – 4 Cabell – 40 Fayette – 9 Gilmer – 2 Grant – 1 Greenbrier – 3 Hampshire – 7 Hancock – 8 Hardy – 3 Harrison – 30 Jackson – 127 Jefferson – 71 Kanawha – 153 Lewis – 3 Lincoln – 1 Logan – 12 Marion – 45 Marshall – 11 Mason – 11 McDowell – 6 Mercer – 9 Mineral – 15 Mingo – 2 Monongalia – 101 Monroe – 5 Morgan – 9 Nicholas – 6 Ohio – 26 Pendleton – 3 Pleasants – 2 Preston – 13 Putnam – 18 Raleigh – 8 Randolph – 4 Roane – 4 Summers – 1 Taylor – 6 Tucker – 4 Tyler – 3 Upshur – 4 Wayne – 82 Wetzel – 3 Wirt – 3 Wood – 35 Wyoming – 1