UPDATE (5 p.m.):

As of 5 p.m. on April 10, when the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) issued their afternoon update on the COVID-19 case total, there have been 574 confirmed cases across the Mountain State.

That marked an increase of 38 positive tests since the department's morning update at 10 a.m.

A total of 15,101 West Virginia residents have been tested, with 14,527 negative results, 574 positive results, and

due to the virus.

It comes out to 3.80% of people tested for the virus receiving positive results.

However, testing for many people across West Virginia has been very limited, with people reporting difficulties finding anywhere near them that can perform tests and a lot of people in rural areas having to travel miles to the closest hospital just to find out that they don't meet the screening requirements.

Medical providers and laboratories are required to report positive test results to DHHR, which then submits the official numbers to the CDC and updates their

.

Private commercial labs also have to send their test results to DHHR. However, state officials say the negative and pending tests from commercial labs are under-reported because some labs cannot electronically submit negative results.

Where are the confirmed cases?

These are the confirmed cases by West Virginia county:

Barbour (4)

Berkeley (89)

Boone (1)

Braxton (1)

Brooke (3)

Cabell (21)

Fayette (3)

Greenbrier (3)

Hampshire (3)

Hancock (7)

Hardy (2)

Harrison (28)

Jackson (23)

Jefferson (46)

Kanawha (82)

Lewis (2)

Logan (8)

Marion (32)

Marshall (6)

Mason (7)

McDowell (4)

Mercer (8)

Mineral (3)

Monongalia (78)

Monroe (1)

Morgan (5)

Nicholas (2)

Ohio (21)

Pendleton (1)

Pleasants (1)

Preston (6)

Putnam (10)

Raleigh (5)

Randolph (3)

Roane (2)

Taylor (3)

Tucker (3)

Tyler (3)

Upshur (3)

Wayne (17)

Wetzel (3)

Wirt (2)

Wood (18)

Wyoming (1)

The DHHR notes that surveillance at the local health department level may reveal over time that some initial test results in counties were for residents of another county or another state.

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As of Friday, April 10, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) had confirmed 536 cases of COVID-19 across the Mountain State.

According to the department's morning update, 13 new coronavirus cases had been confirmed to them from 5 p.m. on Thursday to Friday morning.

Local cases

For our local area,

and

.

According to the Hardy County Health Department, a patient who had been traveling has been self-quarantined since arriving home in Hardy County and has followed all proper CDC protocols since that time to protect their community members. No details were provided on the Pendleton County patient, though her daughter identified her on Facebook.

WHSV has repeatedly reached out to the company that community members identified as the Pendleton County patient's employer, but has received no response.

By Thursday, a second positive case was confirmed in Hardy County as well.

There are still no confirmed cases in Grant County.

Many people in our West Virginia counties face serious obstacles to getting a test, however, with some essential workers in Hardy County

.

The overall case numbers

As of Friday morning, 14,537 West Virginia residents had been tested for COVID-19.

There have been 536 positive results, as well as 14,001 negative test results and

due to the virus.

It comes out to 3.69% of people tested for the virus receiving positive results.

However, testing for many people across West Virginia has been very limited, with people reporting difficulties finding anywhere near them that can perform tests and a lot of people in rural areas having to travel miles to the closest hospital just to find out that they don't meet the screening requirements.

Medical providers and laboratories are required to report positive test results to DHHR, which then submits the official numbers to the CDC and updates their

.

Private commercial labs also have to send their test results to DHHR. However, state officials say the negative and pending tests from commercial labs are under-reported because some labs cannot electronically submit negative results.

Where are the confirmed cases?

These are the confirmed cases by West Virginia county:

Barbour (4)

Berkeley (83)

Boone (1)

Braxton (1)

Brooke (2)

Cabell (17)

Fayette (1)

Greenbrier (3)

Hampshire (2)

Hancock (7)

Hardy (2)

Harrison (28)

Jackson (20)

Jefferson (44)

Kanawha (74)

Lewis (2)

Logan (8)

Marion (31)

Marshall (6)

Mason (6)

McDowell (4), Mercer (7)

Mineral (3)

Monongalia (76)

Morgan (4)

Nicholas (2)

Ohio (21)

Pendleton (1)

Pleasants (1)

Preston (6)

Putnam (11)

Raleigh (5)

Randolph (3)

Roane (3)

Taylor (3)

Tucker (3)

Tyler (2)

Upshur (2)

Wayne (16)

Wetzel (3)

Wirt (1)

Wood (16)

Wyoming (1)

The DHHR notes that surveillance at the local health department level may reveal over time that some initial test results in counties were for residents of another county or another state.