Largest number of tests from any single facility
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department announced Thursday that nine more patients of the Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at 6500 MacCorkle Avenue in Jefferson have tested positive for COVID-19. One hospitalized patient had previously tested positive.
“We’ve been talking about a surge, and we’re seeing it,” according to Dr. Sherri Young, executive director and health officer with the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. Young said KCHD officials are in contact with nursing home administrators, who are taking necessary precautions to contain the virus spread.”
Young praised the cooperation of city and county officials to fight the spread of the disease. “This is a real problem,” Young said. “Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, working with our first responders and city and county officials, are continuing this fight we’ve been waging for the 34 days since we were the first county in the state to stand up our Emergency Operations Center and Health Command.”
More test results from the facility are pending.