ELKINS — Officials announced Tuesday that 809 results have returned negative of the 811 people who were tested for COVID-19 Saturday in a pair of free events in Randolph County.

“The two additional specimens were returned to the state lab due to labeling errors, but the health department expects those results later today or Wednesday,” the Tuesday afternoon press release from the Randolph-Elkins Health Department stated.

The free drive-thru testing events were held in Elkins and Mill Creek. Gov. Jim Justice announced the free testing in response to the outbreak of coronavirus in Huttonsville Correctional Center in Randolph County, where 118 inmates and eight staff members have tested positive.

“This is extremely good news for the county,” REHD Director of Threat Preparedness Bonnie Woodrum said in the press release. “The results show that the outbreak at Huttonsville Correctional Center (HCC) has been contained thus far, and community spread associated with that outbreak has been very minimal.”

Woodrum said those practicing safety precautions like social distancing and face masks are making a difference in community spread by protecting themselves and others. She added that these measures are still very important in minimizing the risk of a community outbreak.

“We saw at HCC how quickly the virus could pass from one or two infected people to more than a hundred inmates and staff. We absolutely should not relax our precautionary measures,” she said.

The State Center for Threat Preparedness has determined that an additional Randolph County community sampling is not necessary at this time but may be requested later in June.

Health department staff are making calls to all individuals who were tested at drive-thru locations on Saturday. Please wait for one of their representatives to call you with your results, the release stated.

As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, Randolph County had 131 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to the state Department of Health & Human Resources.