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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Wednesday that 11,491 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 1,352 since the last report.
Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (127), Barbour (97), Lewis (71), Randolph (143) and Webster (52) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of five active cases in the last 24 hours.
Thirty-six additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 78-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 74-year old female from Marion County, a 68-year old male from Cabell County, a 64-year old female from Cabell County, an 87-year old male from Summers County, a 65-year old male from Kanawha County, a 61-year old male from Mineral County, a 72-year old male from Mercer County, a 57-year old male from Mercer County, an 86-year old female from Kanawha County, a 36-year old male from Kanawha County, a 73-year old male from Brooke County, a 65-year old male from Ohio County, a 68-year old male from Harrison County, a 72-year old male from Raleigh County, a 75-year old female from Lewis County, a 65-year old female from Kanawha County, a 73-year old female from Brooke County, a 66-year old male from Marion County, a 75-year old male from Mercer County, a 78-year old male from Wyoming County, an 83-year old female from Kanawha County, a 65-year old male from McDowell County, a 77-year old female from Mineral County, a 55-year old female from Mason County, a 64-year old female from Logan County, an 80-year old female from Harrison County, an 82-year old female from Kanawha County, a 73-year old male from Preston County, an 81-year old male from Brooke County, a 76-year old male from Hampshire County, an 88-year old male from Kanawha County, a 58-year old male from Mercer County, a 34-year old male from Berkeley County, an 83-year old female from Lewis County, and a 70-year old male from Harrison County.
“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of February 2, 2022, there are currently 11,491 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 36 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,814 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.
About 1,097 residents are hospitalized with the virus (68% unvaccinated, 32% vaccinated), with 235 currently in intensive care (78% unvaccinated, 22% vaccinated) and 124 on a ventilator (84% unvaccinated, 16% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 17.79%.
A total of 951,875 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 53% of the state. Of those, 383,601 are fully vaccinated and have received their booster dose.
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (97), Berkeley (408), Boone (200), Braxton (43), Brooke (76), Cabell (718), Calhoun (70), Clay (35), Doddridge (44), Fayette (559), Gilmer (30), Grant (73), Greenbrier (327), Hampshire (115), Hancock (83), Hardy (83), Harrison (387), Jackson (51), Jefferson (208), Kanawha (1,328), Lewis (71), Lincoln (169), Logan (286), Marion (315), Marshall (157), Mason (247), McDowell (190), Mercer (538), Mineral (167), Mingo (159), Monongalia (606), Monroe (130), Morgan (57), Nicholas (229), Ohio (193), Pendleton (47), Pleasants (23), Pocahontas (38), Preston (180), Putnam (436), Raleigh (669), Randolph (143), Ritchie (61), Roane (59), Summers (105), Taylor (104), Tucker (13), Tyler (35), Upshur (127), Wayne (226), Webster (52), Wetzel (91), Wirt (28), Wood (405), Wyoming (200).
