The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department announced Friday that an additional patient of the Eastbrook skilled nursing facility in Charleston has tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cases associated with the facility to eight. (One person that was previously reported to be positive had a second negative test and therefore is not counted in the total).
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, working with the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority, the West Virginia National Guard and the City of Charleston Emergency Management, will retest the facility’s 124 patients for the virus. Staff members will also be retested. Charleston Fire Department and Charleston Police Department will provide backup at the facility as needed.