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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Wednesday that 15,906 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 1,333 since the last report.
Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (144), Barbour (78), Lewis (100), Randolph (260) and Webster (53) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of 13 active cases in the last 24 hours.
Fifteen additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – of a 79-year old male from Cabell County, a 66-year old male from Mercer County, a 77-year old female from Mercer County, an 80-year old male from Cabell County, a 75-year old male from Berkeley County, a 67-year old male from Cabell County, a 57-year old female from Raleigh County, an 80-year old male from Harrison County, a 67-year old female from Mercer County, an 85-year old male from Cabell County, a 94-year old female from Cabell County, a 90-year old male from Berkeley County, a 64-year old female from Raleigh County, a 78-year old female from Jefferson County, and an 86-year old female from Berkeley County.
“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of January 19, 2022, there are currently 15,906 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 15 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,576 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.
About 907 residents are hospitalized with the virus (71% unvaccinated, 29% vaccinated), with 207 currently in intensive care (83% unvaccinated, 17% vaccinated) and 124 on a ventilator (88% unvaccinated, 12% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 22.67%.
A total of 944,754 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 53% of the state. Of those, 368,948 have received their booster dose.
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (78), Berkeley (1,203), Boone (248), Braxton (84), Brooke (138), Cabell (995), Calhoun (40), Clay (82), Doddridge (36), Fayette (529), Gilmer (47), Grant (89), Greenbrier (300), Hampshire (148), Hancock (180), Hardy (114), Harrison (537), Jackson (77), Jefferson (580), Kanawha (1,672), Lewis (100), Lincoln (172), Logan (279), Marion (532), Marshall (320), Mason (132), McDowell (105), Mercer (444), Mineral (238), Mingo (178), Monongalia (862), Monroe (145), Morgan (139), Nicholas (205), Ohio (454), Pendleton (42), Pleasants (56), Pocahontas (43), Preston (262), Putnam (550), Raleigh (935), Randolph (260), Ritchie (71), Roane (126), Summers (83), Taylor (121), Tucker (10), Tyler (83), Upshur (144), Wayne (358), Webster (53), Wetzel (124), Wirt (50), Wood (796), Wyoming (257).
